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that was going to demand mj purse,, ind 
without any further preface, asked where I 
came from ? if I was acquainted with any 
news ? where bound to ? and finally, my minis ? 
—Stop, Mister! why I guess now you be 
“ coming from the new state.” t{ No, Sir/y—? 
Why then I guess as how you be coming 
from Kentuc No, Sir.”—Oh ! w 1 y 
then, pray now where might you be coming 
from ?” From the low country.”—W l[y 
you must have heard all the news then ; prakr 
now. Mister, what might the price of bacon 
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be in those parts ?” Upon my word, my 
friend, I can't inform you.”—Aye, aye ; I 
see. Mister, you be'n't one of us; pray now, 
Mister, what might your name be A 
stranger going the same way is sure of having 
the company of these worthy people, so de¬ 
sirous of information, as far as the next tavern, 
'Where he is seldom suffered to remain for five 
minutes, till he is again assailed by a fresh set 
with the same questions. 
The first town you come to, going north¬ 
ward from Bottetourt Countv, is Lexington* 
a neat little place, that did contain about one 
hundred bouses, a court-house, and goal; but 
the greater part of it was destroyed by fire just 
before I got there. Great numbers of Irish are 
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