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From: Headlon R. <ma...@de...> - 2009-12-28 05:47:55
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Filling all the low grounds, and branches of the river, which, being in form suddenly serpentine, could not give vent so fast as the waters descended. It was hoped and believed, that this uncommon inundation would, in the end, prove highly beneficial to the grounds so overflowed, causing them for a season or more to produce with such abundance as to recover the loss which the sufferers had sustained. In a few days this extraordinary collection of water had found its way to the sea, and, the river regaining its usual level, the settlers set about new cropping their grounds; for which purpose they made application for seed wheat, that certainly could not be refused; their other application, for bedding and clothing, it was not so easy to comply with, from the poverty of the public stores in these articles. This fertile spot |