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I returned home I have observed English- 

 men when asked concerning their relations 

 in America, how they are doing, or have 

 done, say, " That they were a little unfor- 

 tunate at last ; but that they have retired to 

 an estate in the country, and turned farmers." 

 I used to think that was a very good thing: 

 it is, however, a deception worth notice ; 

 for it appears in England, to those who 

 never saw America, a pretty establishment 

 but there are many individuals, possessing 

 thousands of acres, who cannot raise a dol- 

 lar. The r^al comforts of this class of men 

 are few, and their miseries many. In fact, 

 I would prefer the humble state of a shep- 

 herd in some parts of England to that of 

 one of these sort of farmers in America. 



I have, in conversation, in the city of 

 Baltimore, heard it observed that a gentle- 

 man of my acquaintance was no merchant. 

 I used to wonder what they meant. He is 

 a man of landed property in Ireland and 

 America, appears remarkably -attentive 

 and industrious, and makes shipments 



