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to take me to a decent hotel, or
tavern where I could put up for
the night. Being very unsophisticated,
I fully believed he would do as I
desired him; instead of which he
took me and my baggage to the house
of a friend of his called the "Golden
Fleece" which I found to be one of
the lowest places that could possibly
be found even in New York the [resosrt?]
of the vilest of the vile, and I found
from the manner in which I was
treated that the character of the house
fully bore out the name bestowed
upon it. However, being landed here,
and being a total stranger, and
night having fully closed in I had
to make the best of it. Seating my-
self in the bar-room and thinking
of the strange things which had so
suddenly come to pass and of my probable
figure I was accosted by two or
three persons who seemed desirous
of making themselves familiar and

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