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2nd day the 20 Started Just as day ap--peared, a Cold frozen Morning.We wanted a loaf of bread to make use of provided not knowing but we should have to lie on the Woods, were desirous to be provided with some bread we tried our Landlord, and nearly every house we came by for ten Miles, but they unanimously informed us they had no Bread baked, by them, we Stoped at Lambs 10 miles the Last house but one, in that settlement fed our horses and got our Breakfast, and then with Industry reached the Blockhouse by sunset our living of Late has been poor, both for ourselves and horses, this is the second night out of four that they have had to do without hay, and we have had no wheat or Indian Bread for tw[o] days, and when often to drink our Tea Without Sugar, we could get no milk this Evening, not so much as to put a Little in our Coffee, nei-