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fhape forced, from their, infancy, into that ele- 

 gant cuirafs called ftays. Thefe coquets are 

 not iefs ridiculous by their artifices, than their 

 filly adorers. You have made the obfervation, 

 as I have done, in the courfe of your travels 

 through Europe, that the foreigners and coun- 

 try gentlemen, who come to Paris to copy our 

 beaus and our belles, have rendered themfelves 

 infupportable to their countrymen by this unna- 

 tural method of a6ting : indeed, faid our Ame- 

 rican, fuch effeminate manners difhonour are* 

 fpedable nation. 



I have received a letter from the Marquis de 

 Faudreuily in which he expreifcs great concern 

 for the unhappy accident which has befallen me, 

 by the wreck of my boat. This governor, from 

 a pure effedl of his generofity, which is natural 

 to him, has been willing to alleviate, as much 

 as is in his power, the fate of an unhappy offi- 

 cer, who loft all he had in the King's fervice. 



He has given me leave to come to New Or- 

 leans, and offered me his purfe and his table ; f 

 am afraid he will be gone for France by the time 

 I arrive at New Orleans. It may be faid with 

 truth, that he has deferved the efteem and friend- ^ 

 fhip of every body. The Indians inceflantly 



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