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my countrymen, for whom I feel much, 

 I should not suffer half the anxiety on 

 the occasion that I do; because as only the 

 great, or better order of people, can be ex- 

 pected to read this work, I shall not acquire 

 money from that description of mankind 

 whom I wish to render service, if these ob- 

 servations answer that end. But I think it 

 my duty as a Christian, as it is the duty of 

 a judge in a court of justice, or of a priest 

 in the church, to labour for the good order, 

 preservation, and happiness, of the people. 

 I am of opinion that great numbers of 

 the captains of ships, who are Englishmen, 

 do not know any better than what they 

 say ; but they care as little : for they take 

 goods into the American ports ; and, al- 

 though there be great want in those cities 

 and towns, there is little or no visible ap- 

 pearance of it at the taverns : fine dinners ; 

 fruits of many sorts after the cloth is taken 

 away ; wine in plenty, at seven shillings 

 and six pence per bottle ; segars to smoke, 



