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came up and seized the man, who was af tor- 

 Is tried and executed for the crime. 



The whole of our path was so crowded with 

 sbbep, that I do not think there were a 

 hundred yards clear, at any time, during the 

 whole way ; and as the road is narrow, it re- 

 quired the greatest care to avoid doing them 

 injury. 



I forgot to state that, after getting through 

 the turnpike, I was stopped by a poor fellow 

 who appeared in great agitation. The inno- 

 cence and earnestness with which he made 

 inquiries after his brindled cow, of one, who 

 by no possibility could afford him the least 

 information, marks the extreme simplicity 

 which characterizes the peasantry of this coun- 

 try, while his apparent distress interested me 

 much, in spite of the vexation I was at the 

 moment enduring. My only surprise was, (hat 

 in so prodigious a bustle and throng, greater 

 losses did not occur. 



Our journey was very pleasant ; after mak- 

 ing my best acknowledgments for the accom- 

 modation so kindly afforded me, I proceeded 

 to the inn where our horses were left. 



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