A JOURNEY TO 
from the chapel above-mentioned. His good-humoured little, wife was giad 
to see her runaway spouse returned in safety, and treated us kindly. It was 
no small pleasure to me, that my worthy friend found his family in good 
health, and his affairs in good order. He came into this ramble so frankly, 
that I should have been sorry if he had been a sufferer by it. In the gaiety 
of our hearts we drank our bottle a little too freely, which had an unusual 
effect on persons so long accustomed to simple element. We were both 
of us raised out of our beds in the same manner, and near the same time, 
which was a fair proof that people who breath the same air, and are engaged 
in the same way of living, will be very apt to fall into the same indispositions. 
And this may explain why distempers sometimes go round a family, without 
any reason to believe they are infectious, according to the superstition of the 
vulgar, 
16th. After pouring down a basin of chocolate, I wished peace to that 
house, and departed. As long as Mr. Banister had been absent from his 
family, he was yet so kind as to conduct me to major Mumford’s, and which 
was more, his wife very obligingly consented to it. The major seemed over- 
joyed at his being returned safe and sound from the perils of the woods, 
though his satisfaction had some check from the change his pretty wife had 
suffered in her complexion. The vermilion of her cheeks had given place a 
little to the saffron, by means of a small tincture of the yellow jaundice. I 
was sorry to see so fair a flower thus faded, and recommended the best re- 
medy I could think of. After a refreshment of about an hour, we went on to 
Col. Bolling’s, who was so gracious as to send us an invitation. As much in 
haste as I was to return to my family, I spent an hour or two at that place, 
but could by no means be persuaded to stay dinner, nor could even madam 
de Graffenriedt’s smiles on one side of her face shake my resolution. From 
thence we proceeded to Col. Mumford’s, who seemed to have taken a new 
lease, were any dependence to be upon looks, or any indulgence allowed to 
the wishes of his friends. An honester a man, a fairer trader, or a kinder 
friend, this country never produced : God send any of his sons may have the 
grace to take after him. We took a running repast with this good man, 
and then bidding adieu both to him and Mr. Banister, I mounted once more, 
and obstinately pursued my journey home, though the clouds threatened, and 
the heavens looked very lowering. I had not passed the court-house before it 
began to pour down like a spout upon me. Nevertheless, I pushed forward 
with vigour, and got dripping wet before I could reach Merchant’s Hope Point. 
My boat was there luckily Waiting for me, and wafted me safe over. And 
the joy of meeting my family in health made me in a moment forget all the 
fatigues of the journey, as much as if I had been husquenawed. However, 
the good Providence that attended me, and my whole company, will I hope 
stick fast in my memory, and make me everlastingly thankful. 
A list of our Company of all sorts. 
Myself, 
Major Mayo, 
Major Mumford, 
Mr. Banister, 
Mr. Jones, 
Thomas Wilson, 
Joseph Colson, 
Harry Morris, 
Bobert Bolling, 
Thomas Hooper, 
Lawson, 
Three Indians, 
Three negroes, 
Twenty horses, 
Four dogs, 
