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day of innocent recreation, than severe dis- 

 cipline. 



Phys. — Yet the disciples of Calvin, at 

 Geneva, who, I suppose, must have hated the 

 pope as much as their brethren of Scotland, 

 do not so rigidly observe the Sunday; and 

 I remember having been invited by a very 

 religious and respectable Genevese to a 

 shooting party on that day. 



Hal. — I think climate and the imitative 

 nature of man modify this cause abroad. 

 Geneva is a little state in a brighter climate 

 than Scotland, almost surrounded by Catho- 

 lics, and the habits of the French and Sa- 

 voyards must influence the people. The 

 Scotch with more severity and simplicity of 

 manners, have no such examples of bad 

 neighbours, for the people of the north of 

 England keep the Sunday much in the 

 same way. 



Poiet. — Nay, Halieus, call them not bad 

 neighbours ; recollect my creed, and respect 

 at least, what, if error, was the error of the 

 Christian world for 1000 years. The rigid 



