At the ferry was a lad who asked my name. When he heard it, he cried out, "O sir, you
have no business here; you have nothing to do at Waterford. Butler has been gathering mobs
there all this week; and they set upon us so that we cannot walk the streets. But if you will
stay at that little house, I will go and bring B. McCullock to you.
We stayed some time, and then thought it best to go a little on our way toward Portarlington. But the ferryman would not come over; so that, after waiting till we were weary, we made our way through some grounds and over the mountain into the Carrick road; and went on about five miles to a village where we found a quiet house. Sufficient for this day was the labor thereof. We were on horseback, with but an hour or two's intermission, from five in the morning, till within a quarter of eleven at night.
The Journal of John Wesley
We stayed some time, and then thought it best to go a little on our way toward Portarlington. But the ferryman would not come over; so that, after waiting till we were weary, we made our way through some grounds and over the mountain into the Carrick road; and went on about five miles to a village where we found a quiet house. Sufficient for this day was the labor thereof. We were on horseback, with but an hour or two's intermission, from five in the morning, till within a quarter of eleven at night.
The Journal of John Wesley
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