jf,' lntrGdu5iion, 



doors, linlefs they have fome other equally 

 interefting to call them to the field. 



But rural diverfions, when followed in a 

 liberal manner, (for I do not wifti to renew 

 the almoft extinguished breed of mere hunt- 

 ing 'Squires,) are particularly ufeful in this 

 iiland, where, from the nature of our Go- 

 vernment^ no man can be of confequencc 

 without fpending a large portion of his 

 time in the country, and every additional 

 inducement to this mode of life is an addi- 

 tional fecurity to our freedom and inde- 

 pendence. I much queftion whether our 

 morals, or even our manners, are greatly 

 improved by that ftyle of living, which 

 empties our country feats to fill the metro- 

 polis, or the large provincial towns ; and 

 whether the manly charader that once- 



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