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believe there was -any thing in the pantry’* 
— ff Provisions were very scarce in the coun- 
“ try”-~?? cc If he gave us any there would not 
be enough for the family in the morning.” 
Such were his answers to us. However we 
plied him so closely, and gave him such a piti¬ 
able description of our sufferings, that at 
length he was moved; the keys were found, the 
pantry opened, and to satisfy the hunger of 
five hungry young men, two little flour cakes, 
scarcely as big as a man's hand each, and 
about a pint and a half of milk, were brought 
forth. He vowed he could give us nothing 
more; his wife would never pardon him if he 
did not leave enough for their breakfasts in the 
morning; obliged therefore to remain satisfied, 
we eat our little pittance, and then laid our-r 
selves down to rest on our skins, which we had 
brought with us on our shoulders. 
In the morning we found that the man had 
really made an accurate report of the state of 
his pantry, There was barely enough in it for 
the family, and unable to get a single morsel to, 
eat, we set out for the little house where we 
had first stopped the preceding night, which 
was the only one within two or three miles, 
there hoping to find the inhabitants better pro¬ 
vided for: not a bit of bread however was to 
be had here; but the woman of the house 
told us, that she had some Indian corn meal. 
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