MD3PAD 499-501

[Toby G Levy]

        Chapter 52 begins on page 499.  Just before they wrap up for the
year they cross Conococheague creek. The "dismal history" is upsetting
to the crew, but no explanation is given as to what that history is.
Perhaps it has to do with slaughter of Indians, but I couldn't find
anything in a few minutes search of the web.

        At 117 miles west of the starting point, Mason and Dixon enter
the domain of Captain Evan Shelby. They pack up their instruments and
leave them in his care.  Then everyone heads east for the winter.

        Dixon recalls Emerson's "backwards" overcoat as he walks into
the wind. He recalls that Emerson stated that custom of buttoning coats
in the front came from the days when the only people with coats had
servants to help them put them on, and nobles wanted servants in front
of them where they could be seen.

        Mason recalls the feelings he had at the start of the Jacobite
rebellion. They cross the area where Edward Braddock and his troops were
killed in the French and Indian War. Mason and Dixon discuss the depths
of hatred felt by men towards other men.

vw#111: bap -  a small loaf or roll of soft bread.

        Mason recall's his father's specialty was bap, baked in the
bottom of the oven, sold whole or by the slice.

        Dixon says the weavers rebelled when the government decreed that
their wages had to be decreased by 50 percent.

Toby