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winters are so severe as sometimes to pre- 

 vent them working for several months : the 

 case is the same with the day-labourer in 

 agriculture : and, from these natural causes, 

 in travelling through any part of America, 

 there is more distress met with in a day 

 than is seen in England in forty years. 



As you ride along the road, in very se- 

 vef e weather indeed, you will see the great- 

 est part of the children nearly naked ; and 

 as to shoes and stockings, they are very 

 rare. With respect to the farmer's horses 

 in the waggons, all the accoutrements on 

 four horses are not worth five shillings: 

 they constantly work without shoes. — 

 You may go into a very respectable man s 

 house : the windows are broken ; and you 

 will find an old hat in one square, and an 

 old waistcoat in another. In all probability 

 this gentleman keeps his carriage ; which 

 is exposed to the weather, even on very 

 snowy days -, for he has no carriage -house. 

 Yet, in company, talking of their carriages 



