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. 45. What, are tlie aniufcnients moft ufual for people oi rank in thia 

 country : What is the ftate of the drama : Is it here perfcifily free, or 

 under particular reflraints : What are they : What is tlie prevailing ftila 

 of dramatic compuiitioiis moft in vogue ? Are mufical dramas or niufical 

 entertainments much efteenied .' is dancing a favourite amufement ? Do 

 thefe tor the moll part confift of public or private parties ? Wiiat are the 

 amufements of the common people How is theiunday ufualiy difpofedof :' 

 Are holidays frequent here .' How arc they ufually fpcnt by labouring: 

 people ; What are the prevailing virtues, vices, foibles and peculiarities 

 of charaifter, habits and manners, moll diftinguiiliable among thofe of the 

 lower ranks ' 



26. What language is employed in the ordinary intercourfes of life in 

 this country ? Is that of the common people, and thofe of the higher 

 rank, the iame r If they differ, In what refpeiSs do they vary ' Are 

 they radically the fame, or only different dialeils ; or arc they d:if.irent 

 ianguages ? A copy of the Lord's prayer, written in the character of the 

 country, zvith gnat Jijlin^nefs, and another copy of the fame, only expref- 

 fed in Roman chartiUdrs, will be deemed a particdar favour. Is the 

 fame language fpoken in the different diilridl^ of this countrj' or not :\ 

 What are the variations ? Do 1 he clergy, in their devotional exercifes, 

 employ the vulgar tongue, or ctherwii'e What languige do they ufe ? 

 Is the Latin tongue fpoken any where in this country as a living lan- 

 guage ' Wherein does this Latian differ from that of the claflics of the 

 Auguftan age ? What foreign languages are ftudied or ufed in tliis coun- 

 try ? by what clafles of people are they ftudicd i which of thefe are moft 

 faiSiionable at prefent ; which of them are coming into vogue, or f;dl- 

 ing into decline .'' What are the circumftances that i eraiion thefe par- 

 tialities r What are the changes that the vernacular language of this 

 country has undergone, for as great a period backwards as can be traced ; 

 and what are the circumftances that have produced thefe changes ■" Suc- 

 cinA notice* of the revolutions that have taken place in regard to the 

 language, referring to the caufes that have occauoned thefe changes, will 

 be at all times very acceptable. 



Zj. What are the uiftindtions of rank that have been eftabliilied in 

 this country : What line marks the feparation between the mbles and 

 the commons ? How many claffes are thofe who arc called iioUe divided 

 into . What are the names of the different orders of nobility ? What ii 

 it more than the name that conflitutes the diftiniSion sminng them : What 

 is the order of priority of rank among thefe claffes ? What peculiarities 

 and privileges are annexed to each of thefe orders of nobility ' What are 

 the circumftances that commonly tend to exalt thofe of low flation to 

 the rank of nobility ; PUbcians — How many orders in this clafs prevail ; 

 and what is the degree of efiimation or rank that each of them holds in 

 the community ? Honvnry maris cf dipiniiion, orders of firfmal inighfhaod , 

 &c. — What are thofe that arc here adopted ; I'o what ranks of nien are 

 each of thefe appropriated ' From correfpondents in India, particulars 

 refpedting thofe diftiiidions of orders among men called C'lj^s, arerequeft- 

 ed, and inquiries as to the origin of this diftinflicn .' From China, a more 

 accurate uccouDt of the diHindious of rank ^vhich there prevail tLanluih 

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