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Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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Dorothy Wordsworth
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N.B.--When
William
and
I
returned
from
accompanying
Jones,
we
met
an
old
man
almost
double.
He
had
on
a
coat,
thrown
over
his
shoulders,
above
his
waistcoat
and
coat.
Under
this
he
carried
a
bundle,
and
had
an
apron
on
and
a
night-cap.
His
face
was
interesting.
He
had
dark
eyes
and
a
long
nose.
John,
who
afterwards
met
him
at
Wytheburn,
took
him
for
a
Jew.
He
was
of
Scotch
parents,
but
had
been
born
in
the
army.
He
had
had
a
wife,
and
"she
was
a
good
woman,
and
it
pleased
God
to
bless
us
with
ten
children."
All
these
were
dead
but
one,
of
whom
he
had
not
heard
for
many
years,
a
sailor.
His
trade
was
to
gather
leeches,
but
now
leeches
were
scarce,
and
he
had
not
strength
for
it.
He
lived
by
begging,
and
was
making
his
way
to
Carlisle,
where
he
should
buy
a
few
godly
books
to
sell.
He
said
leeches
were
very
scarce,
partly
owing
to
this
dry
season,
but
many
years
they
have
been
scarce.
He
supposed
it
owing
to
their
being
much
sought
after,
that
they
did
not
breed
fast,
and
were
of
slow
growth.
Leeches
were
formerly
2s.
6d.
per
100;
they
are
now
30s.
He
had
been
hurt
in
driving
a
cart,
his
leg
broken,
his
body
driven
over,
his
skull
fractured.
He
felt
no
pain
till
he
recovered
from
his
first
insensibility.
It
was
then
late
in
the
evening,
when
the
light
was
just
going
away.[31]
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