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laid out on a bank with seeds on it, and threw 

 the Gentleman into the liquid mud, with 

 which he was completely bedaubed, to the 

 ruin of a fine pair of new buck skins ; as soon 

 as he got up,, he ran to horse-whip the old 

 woman for leaving her cloth there, when the 

 poor creature seeing him in such a miserable 

 plight, hastened to meet him, and began to 

 wipe away the mud from his cloaths. Whether 

 lie was frightened at the old woman's run- 

 ning to meet him, or that her kindness soft- 

 ened his anger I cannot say, but when we re- 

 turned, it was evaporating in a volley of 

 abuse, but as his language was a mixture of 

 English and Hindoostanee, she fortunately 

 could not understand a word he uttered : a ser- 

 vant present explained to us the whole affair, 

 and on our return to dinner, where a large 

 party was assembled, it may be easily sup- 

 posed, the Beau was well roasted. 



