I thought no one would bid for it, and that I should be safe for a time - but the 580 acres next the Lake was bid for and as it would entirely cut me off from the Water in the Summer time I was obliged to purchase for £623. It will no doubt all be purchased and I shall be driven out, as I cannot afford to pay £1 an acre f sand swamp. All my men and others who came, even, after the purchase, have had very high protection put upon Land quite sufficient to ensure their purchase. The only protection I have been allowed in any way is about £300 for boundary