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came many obstacles in the course of our line, which till then had been 

 esteemed insurmountable. Nor must I at the same time omit to do justice to 

 the surveyors, and particularly to Mr. Mayo, who, besides an eminent degree 

 of skill, encountered the same hardships and underwent the same fatigue that 

 the forwardest of the men did, and that with as much cheerfulness as if pain 

 had been his pleasure, and difficulty his real diversion. Here we discharged 

 the few men we had left, who were all as ragged as the Gibeonite ambassa- 

 dors, though, at the same time, their rags were very honourable, by the ser- 

 vice they had so vigorously performed in making them so. 



22d. A little before noon we all took leave and dispersed to our several habita- 

 tions, where we were so happy as to find all our families well. This crowned 

 all our other blessings, and made our journey as prosperous as it had been 

 painful. Thus ended our second expedition, in which we extended the line 

 within the shadow of the Chariky mountains, where we wei'e obliged to set 

 up our pillars, like Hercules, and return home. We had now, upon the 

 whole, been out about sixteen weeks, including going and returning, and had 

 travelled at least six hundred miles, and no small part of that distajice on foot. 

 Below, towards the seaside, our course lay through marshes, swamps, and 

 great waters ; and above, over steep hills, craggy rocks, and thickets, hardly 

 penetrable. Notwithstanding this variety of hardships, we may say, without 

 vanity, that we faithfully obeyed the king's orders, and performed the busi- 

 ness effectually, in which we had the honour to be employed. Nor can we by 

 any means reproach ourselves of having put the crown to any exorbitant ex- 

 pense in this difficult affair, the whole charge, from beginning to end, amount- 

 ing to no more that one thousand pounds. But let no one concerned in this 

 painful expedition complain of the scantiness of his pay, so long as his majesty 

 has been graciously pleased to add to our reward the honour of his royal appro- 

 bation, and to declare, notwithstanding the desertion of the Carolina commis- 

 sioners, that the line by us run shall hereafter stand as the true boundary be- 

 twixt the governments of Virginia and North Carolina. 



The Names of the Commissioners to direct the running of the Line between 

 Virginia and North Carolina. 



William Byrd, ^ 



Richard Fitz-william, > Esquires, Commissioners for Virginia. 



William Dandridge, ^ 



Christopher Gale, 

 John Lovewick, 

 Edward Moseley, 

 William Little, 



Esquires, Commissioners for Carolina. 



Alexander Irvin, } ci ^ i?- • • 



William Mayo, \ Surveyors for Virgm.a. 



Edward Moseley. > surveyors for N. Carolina. 



Samuel Swan, ^ •' 



The Reverem) Peter Fountain, Chaplain. 



