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America. But it may be believed that 

 the morals of the Americans have not been 

 mended, as there certainly have been a set 

 of the most complete rascals sent to Ame- 

 rica as convicts, that any nation ever pro- 

 duced ; and many others hav$ emigrated of 

 very little better description. For in- 

 stance, there was an Englishman who 

 lived within half a mile of me : he had 

 a sow and four pigs ; those pigs were 

 continually coming to me. At that 

 time I did not know whose they were : I 

 took them into my fold-yard, and kept 

 them with my own on mown clover for 

 three weeks ; and as the man passed my 

 house every day, he must see them. After 

 that time, continually seeing them, he 

 came to own them. I charged him one 

 dollar and a half for them. He cheerfully 

 paid the money, and took the pigs, re- 

 questing that, if they came again, I would 

 let him know, and promising to pay for 

 any damage that they might do. They came 

 again ; and, as he was a neighbour, we set 



