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sell except that article, this may be the 

 reason why he is more sparing of it ; 

 as the confectioner, from a motive of 

 gain, consumes little pastry in his own 

 family, and the gardener is economical of 

 his fruit at home. No man dislikes bakers* 

 bread more than myself: therefore, the 

 first year, I baked my own ; but the in- 

 conveniences being great, I grew tired, 

 and bought my bread. Wheat flour mixed 

 with water without yeast, from the unplea- 

 santness of its being clotty, and soon moul- 

 dy, is not so good as Indian flour. Bread 

 purchased of the baker is very expensive : 

 one penny in Indian flour will satisfy as 

 many people as eleven pence in wheat 

 flour bought from the baker in bread. 



The reader will recollect, that, in the 

 former part of this work, I mentioned the 

 Englishmen coming to inform me of the 

 miseries of America. The better sort of A- 

 mericans may likewise be aptly denominat- 

 ed " Job's comforters." I once thought it 

 impossible that every thing could be so 



