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thousands in America. And, for want 

 of the infant mind being properly impreg- 

 nated with a sense of morality, the weeds 

 of vice obstruct the growth of virtue ; the 

 youth becomes selfish, and never knows, or 

 forgets, the duty necessary to the parent : 

 for although the latter pays the child the 

 compliment of education for his own good, 

 it is equally so for the parent's comfort ; 

 it excites and promotes those necessary 

 sensibilities of affection, which direct more 

 effectually the duty of a child towards a 

 parent, who naturally enjoys part of the 

 blessing. 



Mr. Delany keeps many race-horses. 

 During my visit he took me to his stud; 

 where, among a variety of choice animals, 

 he shewed me a pair of excellent coach- 

 horses he had just bought from Mr. Hardy, 

 at Philadelphia, the man spoken of in this 

 work. He gave four hundred dollars for 

 them, which is one hundred and fifty 

 pounds currency. 



I am persuaded that there are thousands 



