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fed to follow ', I only examine the fituation of 

 the places where I flop, and, during my flay, I 

 fhall apply particularly to know the genius of 

 the people with whom I am to live for a time^ 

 and I think this fludy not beneath a traveller. 

 You are a foldier and a philofopher -, I am per- 

 fuaded, that what I fhall give you an account of 

 will pleafe you ; for I flatter myfelf, that you 

 depend upon the fidelity of your hiflorian : in- 

 deed, I mean to afTert nothing but what I am an 

 eye-witnefs of; for I can neither invent nor exr 

 aggerate. I am, SIR, i^c. 



At Fort ChartreSy among the Illinois^ 

 the i%th of March 1752. 



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