TRAVELLING, &c; 31 



and conjugal tyes have engrofTed our affec- 

 tions. 



When by this method you have laid the firfl 

 foundation of travelling in your own countrey, 

 you will then be qualified to go farther, and 

 become ferviceable to yourfelves, and the pub- 

 lic, by learning thofe things abroad, which 

 could not be learned at home j and thus, hav- 

 ing made a fair examination, you may be ena- 

 bled to judge, whether our own cuflons ma/ 

 be improved by the help of forreign ones, and 

 how far -, and thus you will not be apt ralhly 

 to imagine, that every falhion which prevails 

 at Paris, is fit to be introduced into our cot- 

 tages ', laflly, thus you will not be better ac- 

 quainted with the manners and cuftoms in 

 France, England, Germany, and other coun- 

 tries, than with thofe of your own ; i. e. you 

 will not, as the proverb fays, for want of com- 

 mon fenfe. 



Invert all order, and become 

 Lynxes abroad, mere moles at home-' 

 But not to abufe your patience any longer, 

 i here break off the thread of my difcourfe, 

 that what time remains may be employed by 

 me in exprefling my wilhes and thanks. Firfl, 

 to thee, O omnipotent God, i humbly offer 



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