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to the amount of many thousand dollars, &c. 

 And, what may appear strange, if I had 

 made this story public there, it would rather 

 have encreased my debtor's credit than 

 otherwise ; and the laugh would in all com- 

 panies have gone against me. I mention 

 this circumstance, as an excuse for the cap- 

 tains from England thinking America a rich 

 place, and to shew the great encouragement 

 there is for a man to act in a rascally man- 

 ner. There is no transaction that I know 

 of in America which does a man any dis- 

 credit, except he loses money by it. 

 These captains, who are constantly go- 

 ing backwards and forwards between Ame- 

 rica and England, have it in their power to 

 say a great deal in favour of the former 

 country in ale-houses, where there seldom 

 are persons to contradict them. 



I have observed myself to be less popular 

 at Liverpool, than at any place I ever was 

 in. But I do not wonder at this, since it 

 was known there that I intended to publish 

 a work of this kind, which will more or 



