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Travels in Some Parts of North America, in the Years 1804, 1805, & 1806, by Robert Sutcliff

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again took coach, and set off for Sheffield, where we were favoured to arrive safe and well in the evening; and I had the heartfelt satisfaction of once more joining my family and friends, after an absence of more than two years. In this period I had travelled upwards of ten thousand miles, without meeting with any unplea- sant accident. When I consider that in this space I twice crossed the Atlantic Ocean, and that sometimes my way lay through the uncleared forests of America, where I often met with va- rious tribes of what are called Savage Indians, I want language to express the feelings of gratitude which often arise in my breast, for my numerous preservations and unmerited favours. Finis.