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rent which I gave one of my boots in drawing it on, lost 

 for us half the evening before it could be repaired. I soon 

 discovered that our hostess was a lady of quality ; and, 

 from our inquiring for Mrs. Bowman's, Pres. Maxcy's, &c., 

 or from some strange defect in her optics, she took us for 

 gentlemen of style, and in a very short time she actually pro 

 nounced us Carolina gentlemen. No attention was now 

 enough for us ; the good things of the house were brought 

 forth, and the servants were all on tiptoe to await our 

 commands. We were not anxious, you will readily believe, 

 to undeceive our hostess ; for, had we once informed her 

 that we were from Connecticut, we should have dwindled 

 to common travellers. What I anticipated respecting our 

 bills we realized, for we were charged in proportion to our 

 style. The time which we had allotted to spend at the 

 President's and at Mr. Mumford's was now elapsed, and we 

 found ourselves able to call only at Mrs. Bowman's. Un 

 fortunately the whole family, except Miss Lynch and John, 

 were abroad ; with them, however, we spent an hour, left 

 our respects for Mrs. B. and the family, and retired. 



Tuesday, 20th, 6 A. M. Notwithstanding the urgent so 

 licitations of our hostess the evening before, and our partial 

 promise that we would spend a few days in Providence, we 

 left the town, not a little diverted that we had brought off 

 our quality without discovering our Yankee extraction. 

 The style of building in Providence is, I think, superior to 

 that of any other town which I have seen. Pawtucket 

 Falls attracted our attention as we passed the bridge. We 

 passed on into the eastern part of Attleborough, where 

 we found a most excellent breakfast at Holmes's, thirteen 

 miles from Providence. The stage drove up full of sailors 

 just discharged from the George Washington. They com 

 plained much of Captain Bainbridge, declaring that the 

 Turks treated them with more humanity than he. We 

 passed on through Wrentham and Walpole to Dedham, 

 where we dined with the Judges of the County Court at 



