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my land; however I regained my strength so I could walk a little and ride side-ways. Soon after this I was wounded by a limb falling from a tree upon my head, which again nearly deprived me of life. I was carried in wholly unable to help myself. I, however, recovered again; I can say like this, "the time of my depatrure was not yet come, and there was yet more trouble for me to pass through."
I afterwards was taken with a tit, when travelling, with an ax under my arm, on Winchester hills, the face of the land was covered with ice. I was senseless from one, until five P. M. when I came to myself I had my ax still under my arm, I was all covered with blood and much cut & bruised. When I came to my senses I could not tell where I had been, nor where I was going; but by good luck I went right and arrived at the first house, was under the Doctor's care all the winter. In the next place I fell seven large trees against another, and very imprudently went to cut away the prop; — when suddenly the whole fell together, and I in the midst of them, this time I remained unhurt; but thought nothing of the power chat protected me, (blind as ever.)
Soon after I, and my two sons went out a privateering, we ship't aboard a privateer of 114 tons, commanded by Capt. Havens, there was about eighty men on board, we
