That ended the rum chapter. There is not another spirituous entry in all
of Ezekial Jackson's credits. "By one mometer" comes next, May 6th.
Probably Captain Ben felt himself cooling down pretty rapidly for the
season, and wanted to take the temperature. Then follows "two combs"--he
was going to keep slicked up--also earthenware, indigo, "cotting," and
more scanes of silk, mainly for Sarah, no doubt, and so on to the end,
when the account is closed and underneath is written:
This day made all even betwixt Ezekial Jackson and myself.