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 him, he was under the necessity, in order to gratify his mind, to hire himself to a drover who was going to England with cattle. In this humble situation he travelled several times as far as Smithfield market; and had made several observations in the course of his journies, which he imagined would be of use to him afterwards. These he communicated to several of his acquaintances at home. Among the rest of his ideas he had formed a resolution of going to the county of Norfolk to the hay making and harvest work. This resolution of our hero soon spread, and in a few days no less than 40 volunteers offered themselves to accompany him in this expedition. This took place in the summer of 1790, when this country had newly declared war against France. They accordingly left Logic Almond early in the morning, and arrived at the town of Inverkeithing in the evening, having marched about 48 miles. Here John learnt that