Nevertheless, they were fond of litigation.

One observer remarks that horses and lawsuits were their great subjects of conversation.

[Footnote: Michaux, p.

240.] The Lawyers and Clergymen Forced to Much Travel.
The vast extent of the territory and the scantiness of the population forced the men of law, like the religious leaders, to travel about rather than stay permanently fixed in any one place.

In a few towns there were lawyers and clergymen who had permanent homes; but as a rule both rode circuits.