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ance, who had lost two coach-horses, He 

 sent his servant to Betty Fisher, who told 

 the servant where he might find them ; 

 which was fourteen miles from the place. 

 The servant accordingly went, and found 

 them as described. From many similar 

 instances, it is less surprising that the lower 

 order of people should be so terrified, since 

 the higher classes of the community are 

 puzzled to account for such extraordinary 

 cunning -> these deceptions, in a young 

 country like America, not being so com- 

 mon as they are in England. 



At Philadelphia I went to see a learned 

 pig that had been imported from England. 

 There was an Italian in the place where the 

 animal was exhibited : and being desirous 

 to know the time of the day, the pig readily 

 informed him. The Italian immediately 

 exclaimed, " Were that creature in my 

 country, they would burn the pig and hang 

 the showman!" 



The education of children is both ex- 

 pensive and difficult to be acquired at any 



