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The head of this seraglio was in every respect a bea-
utiful girl, a splendid girl to look at. Nature had done
much for her in giving her an exquisitely beautiful
person and a strong mind- but vice had warped
her notions of propriety- she was deficient in one quality
and that quality it is which renders the fairest
so ethereal so much the angel - the virtue of wo-
man. How I sympathised for poor human nature
to see this fairest specimen of her workmanship
prostitued to the lowest, meanest, obscenest prac-
tices. Here I beheld with my own eyes what I had
hitherto only heard and hardly believed - saw it
in all its detestable, revolting odium yet I
pitied this unfortunate and lost girl to modesty
this fallen angel of the lovely fair. My curios-
ity being satiated with disgust, sorrow and sym-
pathy for this girl expressed her sensibility of
her degradations I retired. Soon after I returned
to get a borrowed book which I had accid-
entally left. Farewell abominable sink of
[beautiousness] and low [lived] vice. This fell
sting of human happiness, the wo! to the fair
daughters.

31st?] [H?] My soul is sick of sorrow. Another
citizen highly gifted is no more- B. J. Montgo-
mery of dear old Hertford Co. Yesterday I saw
him through he was quite sick- yesterday he
died. This was one of the oldest of business
men in the county. For business of the
county he had great capacity. For several
years Genl. B. J. Montgomery was a mem-
ber of the State Legislature, in both houses.
Here his business capacity was displayed and
was said to be the most influential of the
members. He was in abilities a powerful man.
A handsome and very commanding speaker
a debator shewed and unsurpassed. His domestic