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the woods where we landed, and for upwards 
of a mile we had to force our way through 
the hushes along the banks of the river; but 
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at the end of that distance, we hit upon one, 
which in a short time brought us to a miser*" 
able little log-house. At this house no accom¬ 
modation whatsoever was to be bad, but we 
were told, that if we followed the path through 
the woods for about a mile farther, we should 
come to a waggon road, upon which we should 
find another house, where ptobably we might'’ 
gain admittance. We reached this house ac¬ 
cording to the directions we had recei ved ; we 
readily gained admittance into it, and the blaze 
of an immense wood lire, piled half way up 
the chimney, soon made us amends for what 
we had suffered from the inclemency of the 
weather. The coldness of the air, together 
with the fatigue which we had gone through 
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in the course of the day, had by this time 
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given a keen edge to our appetites ; no sooner 
therefore had we wanned ourselves than we 
began to make enquiries about what we could 
get to satisfy the calls of hunger; but had we 
asked for a sheep or an ox for supper at an hm 
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in England, the map of the house could not. 
1 verily believe, have been more amazed than 
was our American landlord at these .enquiries: 
"The women were in bed’'— cf Me knew not 
