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an action against him, but was cast and had to 

 pay costs. 



888. June 14tk and 15th. Called upon 

 Doctor Drake and upon a Mr. Bosson, to 

 whom we had letters. These gentlemen shewed' 

 us the greatest civility, and treated us with a 

 .sort of kindness which must have changed the 

 opinion even of the English officer whom we 

 saw at Pittsburgh, had he been with us. I 

 could tell that dirty hireling scout, that even 

 in this short space of time, I have had the plea 

 sure to meet many gentlemen, very well in 

 formed, and possessing great knowledge as to 

 their own country, evincing public spirit in all 

 their actions, and hospitality and kindness in 

 all their demeanor ; but, if they be pensioners, 

 male or female, or sinecure place lords or la 

 dies, I have yet come across, thank God, no 

 respectable people. 



889. Cincinnati is a very fine town, and ele 

 gantly (not only in the American acceptation 

 of the word) situated on the banks of the river, 

 nearly opposite to Licking Creek, which runs 

 out of Kentucky, and is a stream of considerable 

 importance. The country round the town is 

 beautiful, and the soil rich; the fields in its 

 immediate vicinity bear principally grass, and 

 clover of different sorts, the fragrant smell of 

 which perfumes the air. The town itself ranks 



