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learnt on the subject in question ; and 

 even those young merchants who come to 

 transact business in towns, and can tell a 

 very plausable tale to their own country- 

 men that know nothing about it, when a 

 man of real experience contradicts them it 

 breaks their temper ; probably having told 

 those stories as facts amongst their com- 

 panions, the refutation of them is very un- 

 pleasant. 



A great object with the defenders of 

 American politics is to persuade the sub- 

 jects of England that America is free from 

 taxes, and considering the burthens Lid on the 

 people in England, how much better chance 

 a man has to get money in America, where, 

 they say, there is little or no taxation. I 

 had been but a short time in America, 

 however, before I discovered taxes to be 

 very high. The day I landed my race- 

 horses, I wanted some horse rugs to cover 

 them, the ship having been very hot; and 

 the stables being built on wood and boarded 

 at the sides, they were very cold : there was 



