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fprlng, and would fing all day long, and, if it was clear, half the 

 night. He is very much pleafcd with the appearance of the moon 

 and the ftars. He will fometimes (land out in the warmth of the 

 fun, with his face thrown up to it, in a very difficult and ftrained 

 attitude; and likes to be out in a ftarry night, if it be not cold. 

 Upon hearing this, a perfon would naturally inquire, whether he 

 has, or appears to have, any idea of the great Author of all thefe 

 wonders ? Indeed, I thought it a queftion of fo much curiofity, 

 that, when I had left Broadway for feveral miles, I rode back to in- 

 quire whether he had at any time betrayed the leaft fenfe of a Su- 

 perior Being. They told me that, when he came into that part of 

 the country firft of all, he was fent to fchool for fome time, and dif- 

 ferent methods were employed to teach him to lead, and with it the 

 principles of religion ; but all in vain : He learnt nothing ; nor did 

 he ever ihow any confcioufnefs of a God from his own feelings. 



" He is very fond of fire ? and is often bringing in fewel, which 

 he would heap up as high as the fire-place would contain it, if he 

 was not prevented by his mafter. He will fit in the chimney cor- 

 ner, even in the midft of fummer, while they are brewing with a 

 very large fire, which is fufhcient to make another perfon faint who 

 fits there long. He will often amufe himfelf, by fetting five or fix 

 chairs before the fire, and placing himfelf in every one of them in 

 their turns, as his love of variety prompts him to change his 

 place. 



*' He is extremely good tempered, except in cold and gloomy 

 weather ; for he is very fenfible of the change of the atmofphere. 

 He is not eafily provoked ; but, when he has been made very angry 

 by any one, he would run after them, making a ftrangc noife, with 

 his teeth fixed into the back of his hand. I could not find that he 

 had ever done any violence in the houfe, excent that when he firft: 



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