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mile heat, and required as much wiping 

 and rubbing. My curiosity was almost as 

 fully gratified at that place, as in farming 

 on American land. 



Now, if the reader will observe the 

 tailor's charges for wearing-apparel, as spe- 

 cified in Section XXII., he will find that 

 the maintenance of a priest in America is 

 a very heavy expence. The clothing for 

 himself only will cost from one hundred 

 to one hundred and fifty pounds per year, 

 to go neat, and dignify himself in a proper 

 manner, which is as necessary as any one 

 thing I know. He ought to have where- 

 with to live the life of a private gentleman, 

 to give him due respect amongst his con- 

 gregation. If any man will peruse one of 

 Geral'Av'abiilh^^Pp's letters to congress 

 dung the American war in which he re- 

 msed, that if the officers were not paid 

 me liberally, that they might support 

 thaselves as gentlemen, they would not be 

 abl to command (although the General 

 had no other allowance but his expences 

 durig the war) it will fully convince 



