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six of those negroes ; and they all went 

 away in one night \ and after the lapse of 

 nearly two years, when I left America, he 

 had not found one of them. From the 

 different inferences I could draw from the 

 information I received, Holland seems to 

 be one of the best countries in point of 

 useful produce, both as to animals and 

 other necessaries of life. The sheep and 

 cattle that have been brought from Holland, 

 are much superior even to the English, ex- 

 cept the cattle of Mr. Lloyd and Mr. O'- 

 Donnel from Dishley. The rat-tailed sheep 

 which come from Holland are very beauti- 

 ful. The lower class of Dutchmen far 

 exceed all others in the cultivation of 

 the American soils. Genteel people, as 

 merchants, from Holland, are, on the con- 

 trary, much more extravagant than any 

 other set of men, except the Americans 

 themselves, who, I think, exceed all na- 

 tions. Scotchmen are allowed to be the 

 best merchants. As to the French, I had - 

 little opportunity to judge of themj as 



