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farm ; his whole life was deception : and 

 although my friend General Washington 

 was not, by those who knew him, thought 

 a man of great ability, yet I am of opinion, 

 that, from his mode of conducting of bu- 

 siness, he would have been more than this 

 cunning man's match. From these ob- 

 servations, and many others in this work, 

 the reader may conclude, that if money 

 be his object, he must not go to America 

 to get it : all men there make it their pur- 

 suit. The Jew in London being asked 

 why there were not more of his persua- 

 sion in America, answered, that there the 

 people were all Jews. I do not know 

 how other Englishmen feel themselves in 

 America; but I was perfectly ashamed 

 of myself, leading more the life of a horse 

 then a man, both in my labours and ha- 

 bitation ; as in England my horses always 

 had a stable to rest in, superior to the 

 house in America in which I lived. I 

 was as much confused during my time in 

 America, as if I had had concerns in law 



