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some of the Indian provinces. It would pro- 

 bably be tiresome to a young person like you, 

 Bertha, to read all the arguments on this dis- 

 puted point ; but hereafter you may find it a 

 subject of curious inquiry to examine the co- 

 incidences said to exist in the manners of such 

 remote nations of the East and the West." 



3rd. I have such a severe cold, that, fine as 

 the weather is, I am not allowed to go out ; so 

 I can write without interruption to my dear 

 mamma. I must confess my own foolish im- 

 prudence was the cause of this cold : on the 

 evening of May-day, my aunt allowed the school 

 children to have a dance on the green, and we 

 all joined in it round their pretty May-bush. I 

 exerted myself so much, that I was soon over- 

 heated ; and, then stood in the wind to cool my- 

 self. My aunt warned me of the consequence, 

 but I was too much diverted to attend imme- 

 diately to her advice, and the next morning I 

 had a violent head-ache, and all the symptoms 

 of a heavy cold. However, as my uncle had 

 arranged every thing for showing a cloth manu- 

 factory, several miles from this, to the Maudes 

 and Miss Perceval, I could not bear to give up 

 what I might not have another opportunity of 

 seeing. Besides, we were to cross the river at 

 the ferry, where horses had been ordered to meet 

 us ; and I hoped to see a great deal of new 



