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thefe extremes A wife and well-informed, cheerful, 



benevolent Englifhijian, does the highefl honour to hu- 

 man nature.*— Even an honeft, good-natured, blunt 

 Engiifliman, with fenfe, though deficient in knowledge 

 and manners, is a worthy and rcfpetlable character : — 

 but on the other hand, a low-bred, lurly, ignorant, in- 

 folent, and, add to all, a purfe-proud Englifhman, is the 

 moft oflenfive animal that craivls en two legs, between 

 earth and heaven. — One of their noblemen, equally fa- 

 mous for his wit and profligacy, fays of human nature 

 what is certainly applicable to his countrymen : 



" Man difTci's more from man than man from beaft." 



I was furprifed when informed that there were no 

 lefs than nine hundred chairs ufed in this town. — Eve- 

 ry lady of any fafliion has her chair, and generally 

 their own fervants a£i: as chairmen. — For great part oi 

 the year, however, the bulk of them are carefully laid 

 up, and in general only employed when the dates are 

 aflembled, and the place is crowded with good compa- 

 ny from all quarters. — Manufactures, particularly in 

 filk, cotton, and verdigreafe, with confequential popu- 

 lation, are here in a nranifeil: progrefs. 



I have made a very agreeable acquaintance with an 

 Englifli gentleman and his lady, occafionally here, Mr 



and Mrs P n, and I have hopes to meet them again 



in the courfe of cur travels. 



In my vocation of collecting wherever I go, curious 

 nrticles of natural hiftory, I have been fuccefsful here, 



and have feen feveral good colledtions I have made 



feme precious acquifitions from a Monf. Plomdy an emi- 

 nent and experienced dealer. — His ufual praftice is to 

 decline any retails, and fell only large parcels ; happily 

 for my views he is at prefent overftocked, and content 

 to fell at moderate prices fuch piccei as his cuftomers 

 choofe to have. — I am barely an amateur, and can never 

 , rife to the charafter of a connoifieur j — yet by practice 

 I make feme progrefs in diftinguiiliing capital pieces. 



