.GREEN SPRINGS. 
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light is emitted from the tail, and the animal 
1ms the power of emitting it or not at pleasure. 
After wandering about till it was near 
eleven o'clock, a plantation at last appeared, 
and having got fresh information respecting 
the road from the negroes in the quarter, who 
generally sit up half the night, and over a fire 
in all seasons, I again set out for the Green 
Springs. With some difficulty I at last found 
the way, and arrived there about midnight. 
The hour was so unseasonable, that the people 
at the tavern were very unwilling to open their 
doors ; and it was not till I had related the his¬ 
tory of my adventures from the last stage two 
or three times that they could be prevailed 
upon to let me in. At last a tall fellow in his 
shirt came grumbling to the door, and told me 
I might come in if I would. I had now a par¬ 
ley for another quarter of an hour to persuade 
him to give me some com for my horses, which 
he was very unwilling to do ; but at last he 
complied, though much against his inclina¬ 
tion, and unlocked the stable door. Returning 
to the house, I was shewn into a room about 
ten feet square, in which were two filthy beds 
swarming with bugs; the ceiling had moul¬ 
dered away, and the walls admitted light in 
various places; it was a happy circumstance, 
however, that these apertures were in the wall. 
