32 INTRODUCTION. 



his pipe and sitting down in a chair, smok- 

 ing, without apology, with as much compo- 

 sure as though he was a lodger in the house : 

 and any man that obstructs these liberties is 

 looked upon as a bad subject, andanenemy 

 to the rights of man, and infringer of the 

 rights which they and their fathers have 

 fought for./ 



It is not uncommon to take hay or corn 

 out of your fields, for the waggoner's horses 

 or himself to eat ; viz. roasting ears of 

 Indian corn. I was in company the other 

 evening where a lady was speaking highly 

 of the apples grown in America : she men- 

 tioned the captain of a ship to have given 

 them to her. I took the liberty of asking 

 her what they cost ? She said, " Oh ! the 

 captain took them out of an orchard : they 

 cost nothing." By this method he would 

 take the best ; and you, as the proprietor,, 



