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About sundown a squad of cavalry rode up to the parsonage near Millwood, and carried off the horse, which a fortnight be- fore, I had purchased in Winchester, to enable me to reach the different parishes which I proposed to visit. Happily when the seizure occurred I had completed my tour, and the gratification which it afforded, fully compensated for the loss at its close. To this I should not advert, but that I may record my grati- tude for the prompt and generous relief rendered by Mr. George Burwell of Carter Hall, who, as soon as he heard of our loss, placed at our disposal a valuable horse, with which I performed, without any detention, the journey to my distant home in Halifax county.

August 13. — We forded the Shenandoah and crossed the Blue Ridge, without hindrance, to Paris. I was very desirous to visit Upperville and Middleburg, and pass around by the Plains to Warrenton, but being advised that, in the disturbed state of the country, this route might not be safe, we kept along the foot of the mountain to Markham Station, and made our way to Major Thomas Ambler's. The next day was Sunday. The church in the vicinity having been too nuich damaged to be U'^ed for v/orship, notice was circulated throughout the neigh- borliood that divine service would be conducted at Major Ambler's residence, and at the usual hour a congregation as- sembled.

The Rev. Mr. Perkins read prayers, and I preached.

August 15. — In Rappahannock county, at the residence of INIr. John Lane, T administered the Lord's Supper to his ven- erable mother, confined to her home by loss of sight, and other infirmities of age, but abiding in the light of truth, and sus- tained by precious faith in an all-sufficient Saviour.

August 18. — T passed at Culpeper C. H. with the Rev. Mr. Cole, who has labored diligently and endured much during the disturbances to which that section of the Diocese has been pe- culiarly exposed. A constant and heavy rain prevented our hav- ing service in the church, and even deprived us of the satis- faction of visiting from house to house: but left us far more