380 TRAVELS THROUGH 



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LETTER XXL 



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Refieofions on the Population of Amtncz ; that Con-r 

 tinent has not been unknown to the Ancients \ it 

 feems that it is conne^fed with Afia on the Side of 

 Tartary, from whence the People that fir fi fettled 

 it mufi naturally he fuppofed to have come. A 

 Digreffion '4pon the Way of preferving one's Health 

 in America. 



S I R, 



F'/fOK'^ Expe<5t to fet out for France very foon ; 

 O I S and 1 cake advantage of an opportuni- 

 SsC^^ji ty that offers to write to you, before I 

 leave this part of the world. After giving you 

 an idea of the manners, cuftoms, and of the hi- 

 ftory of the people with whom I have been du- 

 ring my voyages, I do not believe 1 could bet- 

 ter conclude my narrative, than by fomc reflec- 

 tion* 



