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shooting or snaring of game, fishing, &c. 

 There were none who had stolen a horse, 

 or broken into a house, when they got to 

 America ; and their sentence would of 

 course appear very hard to an American. 

 I believe the natives of America would 

 shudder to live in England : as they are so 

 habituated to taking fruit in a friendly 

 manner, riding horses away, &c. they 

 could not readily refrain from so doing. 

 I am well acquainted with a very respect- 

 able merchant, who tells a tale of his visit- 

 ing England ; and in his way from Bristol 

 to London in company with another Ame- 

 rican merchant, they saw a tree of fine ripe 

 cherries. They ordered the driver to stop, 

 got out of the chaise, went and climbed 

 into the cherry-tree, and began to pull the 

 fruit. The owner soon came, exclaim- 

 ing, " Oh, gentlemen ! I have caught you, 

 have I ?" He called two men servants to his 

 assistance, and commanded the two young 

 merchants to come down ; which they did. 

 They were immediately seized by the 



