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 he then^,^ very reluctantly
 apparently went to work
 near the house and I in
 another place^.^  on going to
 the house at noon found he
 had taken his Box privately
 from the chambers and [illegible] [skidach]
 [illegible] [=ollie] having done almost
 nothing to recompense for the
 trouble he has just the 
 women folks to to get and
 of the living things he has
 left behind him and which
 we had concluded to make
 the best of if he could^.^  This
 is the third one of the race
 we have tried within a month