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56 During the recital of the story of Guadalupe, the old hunters evinced by their short ejaculations the feelings, and an old negress the only female about the place, when it came to the denoument, tears streaming down her cheeks exclaimed 'Goramighty Sar what a mighty pity for dat poor ? lady to take on so and kill herself - Ah! I recollect when I was a Young woman in Virginy When Tom ____ "Phillis" said her Master "Enough of your story about Tom bring some glasses - water - while I get a bottle of Whiskey' This stopped the continuation of Phillis' narration.

 Our kind host & his guests pressed us to remain with them for the night, we declined & got on board our craft - 

18th About 2 oclock in the Morning, one Jim a good sort of hard working fellow we hd brought from Galveston to get him out of a drinking'folic' & keep him from whiskey woke us from a sound sleep, by a terrible groaning and moaning caused by a violent attack of delirium tremens.