Maryland; stories of her people and of her history . of the Spring, the landscape of creation. 97 MARYLAND He says, Within her doth dwell so much of variety, so much of natural plenty, that there is not an\^ thing . . rare but it inhabits within this plentious soyle. His spelling is rather funny, is it not? But indeed every one spelled badly inthose days. He speaks of the abund-ance of game, and says thatat one time in his mastershouse there were four scoreVenisons, besides plenty ofother provisions. Therewere only seven in thefamily, and they had somuch venison that in timethey would rather e
Maryland; stories of her people and of her history . of the Spring, the landscape of creation. 97 MARYLAND He says, Within her doth dwell so much of variety, so much of natural plenty, that there is not an\^ thing . . rare but it inhabits within this plentious soyle. His spelling is rather funny, is it not? But indeed every one spelled badly inthose days. He speaks of the abund-ance of game, and says thatat one time in his mastershouse there were four scoreVenisons, besides plenty ofother provisions. Therewere only seven in thefamily, and they had somuch venison that in timethey would rather eat plainbread. He saw hundredsof wild turkeys in flight inthe woods andmillionousmultitudes of speaks of the freedomof religious worship, andsays that here every man lives quietly, and follows hislabour and imployment as he desires. A man maywalk in the open Woods as secure ... as in hisown house. There were no common alehouses, he says,and no prisons, because they were not needed. TheSon works as well as the Servant, ... so that 98. GEORGE ALS(JP From a print in the possession of theMaryland Historical Society A CHARACTER Of the PROVINCE of MARY-LAND, Wherein is Defcribed in four diftind:Parts, {Viz.) I. The Scituation^ and plenty of the Province,II. The Laws^ Cujioms^ and natural Demea-nor of the Inhabitant. III. The worji and befi Vfage of a Mary- Land Servant., openedin view. IV. The Trafflque^ and Vendahle Commodities of the Countrey. ALSO it email Treatife on the Wilde and Naked INDIANS (or Sufquehanokes)o^ Mary-Land, their Cuftoms, Man-ners, Abfurdities, & Religion. Together with a CoUedion of Hifto-rical LETTERS. By GEORGE ALSOP. London, Printed by T. J. for Peter Bring,at the fign of the Sun in the Poultrey; FACSIMILE OF TITLE PAGE OF ORIGINAL EDITION OF ALSOPs BOOK MARYLAND before they eat their bread, they are commonly taughthow to earn it. As to his lot as a redemptioner he says, The four yearsI served were not to me so slavish as a two years .
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