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fhould there be room in my waggons when t 
fet out. 
My kitchen utenfils having been ah*eadjr 
fuiBcient for me, I did not think it neceflary 
to make any addition to them. , I only ex- 
changed a part of my porcelain for a few ar^ 
tides of the fame kind made of pewter. I ftill 
remembered the accident that had happened to 
it, when the waggon that carried it was over- 
turned in a river. Such conveniences are little 
of themfelves;; but when cuftom has rendered 
them neceflary^ we feel: a degree of diiTatisfac- 
tion at being reduced to a condition in which 
it is impoffible to procure them. 
I ought alfo to mention here other articles 
no lefs effential, and of which I made ample 
provifion. I mean needles, pins, and tweezers, 
with a quantity of riband, and fome dozens of 
Jndian handkerchiefs, particiilaily thofe of. a 
red or blue colour. All thefe articles, v/hich 
the wives or daughters of the planters incef- 
fantly alk from, travellers, are neceflary to gaiil 
their affedions, and perhaps fomething more 
when an opportunity offers. I carried with 
-me alfo, though very unfeafonably, a box filled 
with locks and padlocks, imagining that by 
thefe 
