ARRIVAL AT BOSTON. 5 I 



of oats, and all the hay she could eat, and our 

 bill was one dollar. When I put a quarter 

 into the hands of the boy Andrew, he looked 

 at it intently before he closed his fingers upon 

 it, and remarked : '' Wall, you must have plenty 

 o' money. In the old stage times passengers 

 never gin me more'n ninepence, not many of 

 'em more'n fopence happ'ny, and most of 'em 

 nothin'." 



I still followed the turnpike to Hopkinton, 

 where we passed the last night before reaching 

 our destination, and arrived in Boston on the 

 next day, losing all traces of the ancient turn- 

 pike on reaching Ashland, about fifteen miles 

 from the city. 



We were six days upon the road exclusive 

 of the involuntary detention of two days at 

 Hartford. By our route, which was not so 

 direct as it might have been had I struck across 

 from New Haven, we covered the distance of 

 211 miles, an average of about thirty-five miles 

 per day, the longest having been thirty-nine 

 miles, and the shortest, which -.was the last, 

 twenty-eight. 



Appetite was not wanting for my Thanks- 

 giving dinner. 



