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pigs. He had been a convict from Eng- 

 land, and if his tale be true, that he was 

 transported for stealing a bundle of hay, he 

 probably was not of the first-rate rascals 

 when sent. When we met, he would put 

 out his hand, and say, " Well, countryman, 

 how do you do ?" This is one of the 

 pleasant things that a man of respectability 

 must expect to meet with in America, and 

 one of the comforts of liberty and equality. 

 I breakfasted one morning with the lady 

 of Doctor Logan, who is a very sensible 

 woman : and she remarked, that since 

 the revolution the people had daily in- 

 creased in vice; for as no laws were put in 

 force to punish men for fraud, from time 

 to time the lower class of people became 

 so hardened, that they cared not what 

 they did. She said, that, before the war, 

 the country people had some honour, but 

 that was now looked upon as foolishness ; 

 which appears to be too true. I heard an 

 Englishman in company very justly ob- 

 serve, what was termed a clever fellow in 



