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 weak-minded person, incapable of estimating values, and not to be allowed to cheat himself; but Morton found him quite shrewd enough in his own sphere, and knowing quite well what a thing was worth to himself, if he did not know what it was worth to the white man.

At the approach of winter great numbers of wild geese and ducks came down from the north, and the colonists were able to kill a great many of these fowls. They found also in this new world great quantities of wild fruits, which added much zest to their fare. Beginning about the end of May, there were strawberries, then, in succession, dewberries, raspberries, blackberries, plums, grapes, and, lastly, persimmons (or putchimins, as they were then called), lasting until far into the winter. Nuts in variety were also plentiful.

When the Flora sailed she took back letters from most of the colonists to their relatives and friends in England. Few, if any, failed to extol the conditions of life in Mortonia and urge others to come.

As soon as possible, the governor set a number of men at work to build a mill. It was found that Bock Creek had sufficient volume and fall for an ordinary mill, and that one could