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on Wednesday next, as I am now on my way to Baltimore, 

 but expect to return on that day. 



" Should you not be my brother, please answer this ; 

 and if you can furnish any information of the whereabouts 

 of Jeremiah Browning, you will confer a great favor on 

 "Your most obd't servant, 



"Meshach Browning. 



This letter Mr. Chambers promised should be immedi- 

 ately sent to Mr. Browning. Having settled everything, 

 I bade farewell to Mr. Chambers (whom I have never seen 

 since), and pushed off for Baltimore, where I arrived with 

 as good a load of venison as ever went into that market. 

 I sold out at good prices, took in my return load, and 

 started for Newmarket again. I drove hard that day, but 

 I did not reach Newmarket till about eight o'clock ; and 

 when I arrived, there was a great shout, and running to 

 and fro, for my brother, having put up at another tavern, 

 had young men out waiting for me. When they were 

 assured of my identity, they became very noisy; and in 

 ten or fifteen minutes from twenty to thirty persons ar- 

 rived, mostly men, accompanied by five or more ladies of 

 my brother's acquaintance. Some of his friends intro 

 duced him to me as "Jeremiah Browning, your brother." 



On this occasion my feelings were indescribable : I was 

 at a loss for utterance, and he likewise seemed embarrassed 

 for a few minutes. The company were all highly inte- 

 rested ; and what with questions asked and answers given, 

 the time passed rapidly until we were summoned to a good 

 supper. Many of the company joined in a conversation 

 round the table, when the landlord spoke of the load of 

 bears and deer that I had carried down in my wagon, say- 

 ing that it was the largest he had ever seen, and that I 

 must have been with the Indians to learn how to kill wild 

 animals This gave rise to many questions on the subject 



