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 ſome time, however, by dint of indefatigable perſeverance, they found themſelves comfortably ſettled in this new farm; and had the delightful proſpect of vaſt tracts of land waving with luxuriant harveſts, and perfuming the air with delicious fruits, which before had been a dreary wilderneſs, unfit for the habitation of men.

the mean time they kept up a conſtant correſpondence with their father’s family, and at a great expence provided waggons, horſes, and drivers to bring from his ſhop ſuch goods and merchandize as they wanted, for which they paid out of the produce of their lands.

OW the new ſettlers had adopted a mode of government in their ſeveral families, ſimilar to that their father had eſtabliſhed in the old farm; in taking a new wife at the end of certain periods of time; which wife was choſen for them by their children, and without whoſe conſent they could do nothing material in the conduct of their affairs. Under theſe circumſtances they thrived exceedingly, and became very numerous; living in great harmony amongſt themſelves,