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repaired to the grog shanty and had what we con- 

 sidered a sumptuous repast, consisting of salt junk 

 and pumpkin, and a monster plum pudding. After 

 this we mounted our steeds and rode thirty miles 



SETTLER'S HOME. 



' Far in the wilderness obscure 



The lonely mansion lay, 

 A refuge to the neighboring poor. 

 And strangers led astray. 



' No stores beneath its humble thatch 



Required anxious care : 

 The wicket opening with a latch 

 Received the loving pair." 



home. Considering my wife had been half-starved 

 for a fortnight, and exposed to all the vicissitudes 



