The enemy having driven in our advanced parties, they began the charge on the detachment, which from the great superiority of the enemy, was obliged to move off. The enemy pushed hard on our rear for more than two miles, in the course of which, a scattering fire was kept up between their advance and our rear, and a constant charge with the sword, the country through which we passed being very mountainous and rocky, caused many of our horses to blunder and fall, which occasioned some to fall into the hands of the enemy. We immediately collected some of the militia, and began to pursue the enemy, following them below North Castle church. They moved off with such great precipitation, that we could not come up with them. Before the enemy moved off, they burnt the meeting house at Poundridge, and the dwelling house of Benjamin Hays, at Bedford. They (as usual) plundered most of the houses they came to and set fire to several houses which were fortunately extinguished. Our loss on this occasion, was ten wounded, eight missing and twelve horses missing. The enemy's loss, one killed, wounded uncertain, /our prisoners, four horses taken and one ditto killed."

The general surface of Poundridge, is uneven, and much of it stony,but havinga due admixture of arable, with pastureand meadow lands ; it forms a tolerable productive agricultural township. Thesoilconsistsprincipallyofa gravelly loam, and is well adapted to grass and pasturage. It is also excellent fjr orchards and fruit trees of all kinds. The growth of wood consists of white, red and black oak, hickory and chesnui, &c. The northern portion of the