“My horse, whose feet had got very tender from the journey, blundered and continued blundering until by violent exertions on my part, to save him and myself from falling among the Rocks, I got such a wrench in my back, as to prevent me from mounting a horse without pain.”
Going from the Federal City** (on Sunday morning) to view the Locks, and Canal at the little Falls of Potomac, my horse, whose feet had got very tender from the journey, blundered and continued blundering until by violent exertions on my part, to save him and myself from falling among the Rocks, I got such a wrench in my back, as to prevent me from mounting a horse without pain; of course it has deprived me, in a great degree, of the accomplishment of the purpose of my visit to this place. Whether it will retard my return a few days longer than I had allotted, is more than I am able, at this moment, to decide; it shall not, if I can avoid it without injuring myself. I am—Your Affecte
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