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&$ weather-beaten as if they had been ex- 

 posed for some time on a manikin, to 

 frighten crows in a field ; and few labour- 

 ing men in England would have put them 

 on. This was the cause of my curiosity f 

 as I saw him different from other hu- 

 man beings* I have very much to thank 

 my friend Mr. Woods, who gave me 

 information at the time when Judge Turner 

 made me the offer of two hundred acres of 

 land, which prevented me from taking so 

 ruinous a step for myself and family. 

 And although they persuade you there is 

 no money wanted, you have a tax to pay; 

 and, small as it is, or may be, you will find 

 more trouble to raise that from nothing, 

 than to pay rents for farms in England, 

 where the markets are regular, and pro- 

 duce nearly so : and these people are often 

 very much distressed to pay their taxes* 

 As to clothing, they go almost without : 

 for there is a very heavy tax on it,"and on 

 every other article they buy. And al- 



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