14th.  I  crossed  a  bad  ferry  of  several  miles,  in  consequence  of  a  fresh
in  the  river,  which  took  three  hours  with  the  stage.  Hence  we  went  on
to  Georgetown,  where  I  held  a  few  meetings,  and  then  rode  forty-three
miles  to  King-ston  ;  leaving  brothers  Mallard  and  Jones  behind.  The
former  was  blessed  in  his  labors  here  last  year ;  and  Hamet's  conduct
had  done  injury.  Jones  soon  after  was  found  drowned  in  a  creek,  sup-
posed to  have  been  seized  with  a  fit  of  epilepsy,  which  he  was  subject  to  ;
but  the  verdict  of  the  coroner's  jury  was  that  he  had  died  drunk,  though
he  was  exemplary  for  temperance  and  piety.
I  put  up  at  a  tavern,  though  a  Methodist  preacher  lived  near,  hired
a  room  for  a  meeting,  and  called  in  the  neighbors.  Next  day  I  fell  in
with  brother  Russel,  who  was  going  to  his  station.  So  we  crossed  a
ferry  together,  and  continued  on  upwards  of  eighty  miles,  until  we  came
to  Wilmington,  where  I  found  religion  low,  and  bigotry  so  prominent,
particularly  in  the  leading  local  preacher,  that  had  not  Mr.  Russel  been
with  me,  who  was  stationed  here,  I  should  have  been  shut  out.  I  held
several  meetings,  and  got  some  religious  handbills  on  paper  and  silk
printed,  "  Rules  for  Holy  Living,"  which  I  distributed  to  the  people  of
the  town,  and  took  my  departure  for  Newbern.  But  this  being  so  far
north,  and  near  the  seaboard,  at  this  cold  season  of  the  year,  that  I  al-
most perished  with  the  cold,  frost,  and  snow  ;  having  no  outer  garment,
and  my  clothing  thin.
