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with them to his mother. While thus employed in the woods, he also learned to hunt; thus gathering scribble his mother's money and at the same time bringing in skins of his own and supporting himself upon the game which supplied them. word marked out So for words marked out a long while was he occupied & most assiduously.

      At that time it was the fashion with the churches to decorate themselves with ornaments of silver, such as ear-rings, nose bobs, armlets, bracelets, gorgets & fine chains. George Gist took it into his head that he would make ear rings, bracelets, gorgets, crosses, spurs & such things. He became very word scratched out ready in the business, and was thought to execute it in a very finished manner. He -scratched out One day he called on Mr. Charles R. Hicks, to write his name for him on paper in English; and upon word marked out his silver ornaments word marked out he would engrave the copy; officially? upon the gorgets, & arm bands that they might be known as his work. With a piece of pointed brimstone he imitated the writing of Mr. Hicks on the silver & then cut it in with a sharp instrument. He followed this occupation until he grew very perfect in it, and became very famous. But weary of so long doing the same thing, he now turned his attention