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with a few green leaves, which we put round old Jim's neck with some green unknown his back and behind and he looked fine. We took supper at Beloit which is about 18 miles from C's which distance we thought we could travel by 12 o'clock but we lost our way and did not reach there till about 4 o'clock on the morning of the 5th of July. I was so fatigued that i was sick for 3 or 4 days. I shall now leave off my journal till some other time as I shall write you most of the news in my letters. Dear Brother it is now some time since I have kept my journal but as I happen to feel like it now I believe I shall commence again