94 Review of Rochefocault's Jan. 



Art. III. Travels through the United Sates of North Aitieri- 

 ca, the Country of the Iroquois, and Upper Canada, in the 

 years I795> 1796, i']()']i'tvith an Authentic Account of Low- 

 er Canadii ; by the Duke de la Rochefoucault Lian- 

 couRT. FoL I. ^larto^ 650 pages. London, Philips, iufc. 



Since tlie reparation of the United States from Great Bri- 

 tain, a variety of publications have ifTued from the prefs, 

 defcr4bing the foil, climate, and agriculture of America j but 

 none of them, wlilth have come under our infpe£lion, deferve 

 to be compared with the enlightened and circumftantial work 

 i!Ow before us. Influenced by liberal principles, and guided 

 by a ileady and capacious mind, the noble author has detailed 

 his travels with fuch prccifion and ability, that the public can- 

 not fail to receive the highcfl gratification from the intelligent 

 information he communicates. 



The caufes which induced the Duke de la Rochefoucault 

 laancourt to leave his native country, are well known, and re- 

 flect the higheft honour upon his charatler. A fteady friend 

 to rational liberty, he warmly fupported the reformation of the 

 old French government, and took an a£live part in all pro- 

 ceedings of the.National AfTembly, in conjunction with ma- 

 ny other eminent perfons, who, like him, experienced a bad 

 reward. When obliged, after the affair of the 18th Auguft, 

 to emigrate from France, he employed his time and abilities 

 in a fuperior way to moft of his brethren. The native benig- 

 nity of his temper, and love of his country, restrained him 

 from joining in the meafures ufed for reftoring the old govern- 

 ment ; and occafioned him to travel into other countries, as 

 a mean of inflructing himfelf, and benefiting mankind. 



At an early period, his Grace was fond of agricultural pur- 

 fuits ; and, when our countryman Mr Arthur Young vifited 

 France, for the purpofe of afccrtaining the ftate of hufbandry 

 in that country, he was received at Liancourt with open 

 arms. Tliefe two celebrated perfonages were equally fond of 

 one another's company; the Duke being as eager to receive 

 information concerning the rural economy of Great Britain, 

 as to communicate particulars refpecling that of his own 

 country. In this publication he has fiiown himfelf an adept 

 difciplc of the Britiih touriH:, and difplays equal diligence, 

 and probably greater difcernment, in the inquiries which he 

 made in the courfe of his travels. 



After redding five months at Philadelphia, for the purpofe 

 of procuring the neceffary information to guide him during his 

 intended journey, and where he cultivated the acquaintance of 



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