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make this business public at my return. I 

 never met an Englishman in that country, 

 of whatever rank in life he might be, that 

 liked it, but wished himself at home again : 

 but his general acknowledgment was, he 

 had spent his money, and was either unable 

 to get back, or ashamed to come, having so 

 much reduced his circumstances as to be 

 dismayed to see his old friends. And I 

 think it a duty incumbent on me to declare 

 this to my countrymen, that if they will go, 

 they may go with their eyes open. I have, 

 when in America, discovered my intentions 

 to one American gentleman of rank and 

 fortune, who perhaps is one of the best 

 men existing, and a very great friend to his 

 own country, and one of my most intimate 

 friends. He approved of my design : say- 

 ing, the delusions carried on were improper ; 

 and that the industrious emigrant, finding 



