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being only broken by an occasional
[?] into one of [?] "autres
[?] technically termed "cahots" which
the conservators of the lives & limits of
the citizens so carefully preserve for
the destruction of sleighs & mutilation
of horses - At length we pulled up at
the hitching at Collin's Bay where we
found ample refreshment for man &
beast - On the return homewards
circumstances which it is not necessary
to enter into detained the V.P. considerably
in the rear but think not from
Madam a [Gallant?] [?] that by what
circumstance no observation was
taken of your movements, flatter not
yourselves that by much temporary [?]
our Vice Presidential powers of criticism
were in the slightest degree abridged.
No - we had
"A chield amang ye, taking notes,
And faith, he'll prent it"