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acres may be fenced in, without much cost or la- 

 bor. You can scarce go a mile without meeting 

 with one of these small, swift currents, here being 

 no swamp, to be found, but pleasant, dry roads all 

 over the country. The way that we went this day 

 was as full of stones as any which craven in the west 

 of Yorkshire could afford ; and having nothing 

 but moggisons on my feet, I was so lamed by this 

 stony way that I thought I must have taken up 

 some stay in those parts. We went this day not 

 above fifteen or twenty miles. After we had sup- 

 ped and all lay down to sleep, there came a wolf 

 close to the fireside where we lay. My spaniel 

 soon discovered him, at which one of our company 

 fired a gun at the beast ; but I believe there was 

 a mistake in the loading of it, for it did him no 

 harm. The wolf stayed till he had almost load- 

 ed again, but the bitch making a great noise, 

 at last left us and went aside. We had no sooner 

 laid down, but he approached us again, yet was 

 more shy, so that we could not get a shot at him. 

 Next day we had fifteen miles farther to the 

 Keyauwees. The land is more mountainous, but 

 extremely pleasant, and an excellent place for the 

 breeding sheep, goats, and horses, or mules, if the 

 English were once brought to the experience of the 

 usefulness of those creatures. The valleys are here 

 very rich. At noon we passed over such another 

 stony river, as that eight miles from Sapona. This 

 is called Heighwaree, and affords as good blue 

 stone for mill stones as that from Cologn, good 



