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and that, were they to return to their native 

 country in that reduced state, they would 

 not only be the scoff of their former ac- 

 quaintance, but feel themselves uncom- 

 fortable by not having it in their power to 

 enjoy such ease as they had been brought 

 up to. But the working-men that have 

 emigrated have it not in their power to get 

 back; for, if they have not money to pay 

 their passage, the captains of ships will not 

 bring them from America on the terms on 

 which they are taken, because there is no 

 one ready to pay their passage on this side. 

 To explain this. On their first arrival in 

 America, there are men ready to buy them 

 as slaves for a certain time ; and as these 

 people will want clothing, not having the 

 means to purchase it during their stated 

 time of servitude, they are compelled to get 

 the money of their masters, and that keeps 



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