Notes on the State of Virginia

Being exposition, Inquiry, contemplation, Whimsy & Wit; arrayed toward the Present Circumstances of the Author

Friday, February 11, 2011

Who cou'd have expected, that the Nile might have waters richer than the Potomack?

Epaphroditus Bainton: The Name of our Benefactor was Epaphroditus Bainton, who is Young enough at 60 Years of Age, to keep a Concubine, & to Walk 25 miles in a day. He has forsworn ever getting on a Horse back, being once in Danger of breaking his Neck by a fall. He spends most of his time in hunting & ranging the Woods, killing generally more than 100 Deer in a Year. He pretends to Skill in the Virtues of many Plants, but I cou'd learn nothing of that kind from him. This Forester...is said to make great Havoc among the Deer, and other Inhabitants of the Forest, not much wilder than Himself.

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