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"which had been just mown, but which I had never 

 "before seen, nor could I recognize any of the objects 

 " which I saw. There appeared to be no outlet through 

 " the woods by which it seemed to be environed. There 

 " was the skeleton of an old log-house, without a roof, in 

 "one part, and a portion of the field was planted with 

 "potatoes. We at length saw a path through these 

 " potatoes, and we walked on till, coming to the brow of 

 " a hill, we perceived the river, with Smith's mills, and 

 " the rest of that neighbourhood. The road appeared to 

 " lead out towards Mr. Bostwick's, but we took a short 

 " cut, and came by the back of Webster's barn, and so 

 " by Bradley's mill, and home. I forgot to observe that 

 " we were much surprised in going up the brook, about 

 " a mile up, at coming upon a ruined building, which had 

 "been erected over the stream, of which the timbers were 

 " fallen down, and some of them carried some distance 

 11 downwards by the freshets. I supposed it must have 

 " been a mill, but wondered at its situation so far from 

 " any road. I have since been informed that it was a 

 " sawmill, which was built by Messrs. S. and D. Spafiford, 

 "and that there was a good road to it, which went 

 " through P. O. Barker's south-west field ; but being now ' 

 " overrun with bushes, it escaped our notice. The mill 

 " has been disused near twenty years." 



