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I am now able to give an opinion re-r 

 specting America. An American is like 

 Boniface, in the play, with his ale j he ate 

 his ale, drank his ale, and slept on his ale : 

 so do the Americans the produce of Indian 

 corn ; they have it for all purposes, except 

 sleeping : and they sleep on what they call 

 cat-tails, feathers being both scarce and dear. 

 Cat-tails grow on the top of a reed, which 

 when ripe are rubbed off, gathered by 

 the negroes in large quantities, brought to- 

 market for sale, and are in general use for 

 beds, instead of feathers. As prejudices 

 take place in different counties in England 5 

 why may not the Americans, from custom, 

 prefer Indian bread ? It is natural for them* 

 to consider the bread made from Indian 

 com as congenial. Wheat-flour is neces^ 

 sary for an Englishman, oat-meal for a 

 Scotchman, potatoes for an Irishman ; so is 

 Johnny-cake for an American, 



Mr. Boadley's Sketches being written 

 with an intention to improve and spirit the 

 American cultivator, I have selected such 

 parts of them as, substantiate my 



