it in a mood of exasperation not at all surpris-
ing; not, however, until a series of resolutions
had been reported by a committee of which
Otis and Adams were members, discouraging
foreign importations and stimulating home in-
dustries. These were passed with no dissenting
voice but that of stalwart Timothy Ruggles,
who, having honestly espoused the cause of
king and Parliament, opposed himself now to
the strong set of the popular current, careless
of results to himself, with the same soldierly
resolution he had brought to the aid of Aber-
crombie and Sir Jeffrey Amherst in the hard
fighting of the Old French War.

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