*^ THE BEE, OR DeC. 2 2, 



With what contempt will thofe who think that wif- 

 dom confifts alone in the acquifnion of wealth and in 

 power, dominion and authority over others; with what 

 contempt for the intelkaual powers of our traveller, 

 AviII fuch perfons read the following .paragraph. •' A 

 K^'-'A . ^SPh^' %^ Ledyard, has no charms for me: 

 It It had, I could foon obtain one here. I could to- 

 morrow take the command of the bed armament of 

 Ifhmael Bey. I fhould be fure of fuccefs, and its con- 

 fequential honours. Believe me, a fingle well done 

 from your affocation, has more worth in it to me, 

 than all the trappings of the eaft ; and what is ftill 

 more precious, is, the pleafure I have in the jullifica- 

 tion of my own conduft at the tribunal of my own 

 HEART. Yet, ,t was fentiments, fuch as thefe, that 

 produced a Columbus, a Wolfe, and a Cooke, whofe 

 tame Ihall remain, a fubjecl for admiration to future 

 ages when the names of miriads who have indulged in 

 a l.le of affluent infipidity, Ihall be defervedly loll in 

 perpetual oblivion. 



Among other advantages that the world derives 

 from the exigence of fuch men as Ledyard, is a know- 

 iedge of human nature. It is to men in trying fitua- 

 tions alone, that the human heart appears in its own 

 native colours-No hope perverts; no fear alarms; 

 and It is at liberty to difcover its native emotions with 

 the moft unbiafled freedom. The following charafter 

 ot the fair fex, drawn by a man who had had occafion 

 thus to view- them in theirnative purity, will there- 

 lore, 1 truft, be deemed not lefs beautiful than juft. 

 it IS pleafing to contemplate the univerfal benefi- 

 cence of that being who conferred upon man this ten- 

 der companion through life, as a folace for his cares, and 

 a fweetener of every enjoyment. What a reproach is it 



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cT '' TT'"' ^^^^'^ ^" felf defence be in fo many 

 cafes compelled to become the fcourge of her tormentor. 

 1 have always remarked, fays tliis careful obferver 

 ot manners, that women in all countries, are civil, 



