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CHAP. Xi. 



MANNERS, CUSTOMS, AND CHARACTER OF THE 

 PEOPLE. 



342. ALL these are, generally speaking, the 

 same as those of the people of England. The 

 French call this people Les Anglo -Ameri- 

 cains; and, indeed, what are they else? Of the 

 manners and customs somewhat peculiar to 

 America I have said so much, here arid there, in 

 former Chapters, that I can hardly say any thing 

 new here upon these matters. But, as society 

 is naturally a great thing with a gentleman, who 

 thinks of coming hither with his wife and child 

 ren, I will endeavour to describe the society 

 that he will find here. To give general descrip 

 tions is not so satisfactory as it is to deal a little 

 in particular instances ; to tell of what one has 

 seen and experienced. This is what I shall do ; 

 and, in this Chapter I wish to be regarded as 

 addressing myself to a most worthy and pub 

 lic-spirited gentleman of moderate fortune, in 

 Lancashire, who, with a large family, now ba 

 lances whether he shall come, or stay. 



