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*' perplexity to another; I cannot help advising 

 " you to make an effort more, and extricate 

 " yourself and family completely, by removing 

 " into this country. When I last saw you, 

 " twelve months ago, I did not think favourably 

 " pf your prospects: if things have turned out 

 " better, 1 shall be rejoiced to hear it, and you 

 44 will not need the Advice 1 am preparing for 

 44 you. But, if vexation and disappointments 

 " have assailed you, as I feared, and you can 

 " honourably make your escape, with the 

 " means of transmitting yourself hither, and 

 " one hundred pounds sterling to spare don't 

 " hesitate. In six months after I shall have 

 " welcomed you, barring accidents, you shall 

 " discover that you are become rich, for you 

 " shall feel that you are independent : and I 

 44 think that will be the most delightful sensa- 

 " tioii you ever experienced ; for, you will re- 

 " ceive it multiplied, as it were, by the number 

 44 of your family as your troubles now are* It 

 "is not, however, a sort of independence that 

 44 will excuse you from labour, or afford you 

 44 many luxuries, that is, costly luxuries. I 

 44 will state to you what I have learned, from, a 

 " good deal of observation and inquiry, and a 

 44 little experience; then you will form your 

 44 own judgment. In the first place> the voyag;e. 

 li That will cost you, t$ Baltimore or Philadel- 



