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the land, and lost the money.^ He never 

 made any use of the land at all ; and those 

 who did are actually starving. The son of 

 this impostor, I am told, has been in this 

 country, and speaks highly of their pro- 

 spects ; —in all probability with an inten- 

 tion to cheat some more of these sort of 

 people. I was with these gentlemen in 

 America : by their conversation, I believe 

 they may not be judges of land; and that 

 is the best excuse that can be allov/ed for 

 them : but let them go on in cultivating 

 their valleys ; and I dare to say it will 

 teach them something about the matter. 

 A dissenting-preacher in England is more 

 likely to obtain follov/ers to lasciviousness, 

 than to become American farmers. This 

 man said it had brought him to the greatest 

 distress. I have been told there was one 

 man who took many emigrants over, got 

 their money for land, though he had none 

 to dispose of, and, after they landed, ran 

 away ; so that they never saw him again. 

 There are several instances of the kind. 



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