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... side , in which wee lay all night , remooving the same a prettie distance from the shoare : she perceiving our jel- ousie , was much greived , and sent divers men and thirtie women , to sit all night on the banke side by us , and sent ...
... side , in which wee lay all night , remooving the same a prettie distance from the shoare : she perceiving our jel- ousie , was much greived , and sent divers men and thirtie women , to sit all night on the banke side by us , and sent ...
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... side the Appalachian , and from the top of it we had a fine view of the plains below . We were obliged to walk up the most of the way , there being abundance of loose stones on the side of the hill . I killed a large rattlesnake here ...
... side the Appalachian , and from the top of it we had a fine view of the plains below . We were obliged to walk up the most of the way , there being abundance of loose stones on the side of the hill . I killed a large rattlesnake here ...
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... side , and returned ; after which I went a swimming in it . We could not find any fordable place , except the one by which we crossed , and it was deep in several places . I got some grasshoppers and fished ; and another and I , we ...
... side , and returned ; after which I went a swimming in it . We could not find any fordable place , except the one by which we crossed , and it was deep in several places . I got some grasshoppers and fished ; and another and I , we ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 13 |
GEORGE MASON 17251792 | 17 |
JOHN RANDOLPH 17731833 | 19 |
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