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habitual as his fervants' wages, and he never 

 dreamt what an addition of that he wanted 

 he would have, if thofe taxes were abo- 

 lifhed. 



Arriving, in the evening, at Acqs, M. 

 Reaumur introduced me to his relation, a 

 very obliging old man, who, upon learning 

 the object of my enquiries, exprefled him- 

 felf very happy that he could gratify me. 

 He knew the hulbandry of his parifh, as 

 well as any farmer in it. We enquired 

 about fome improvements of an eflate in 

 the Pyrennees, near Acqs, of fome peafants. 

 He told us it was not quite fo near as we 

 imagined, being thirteen miles from thence, 

 but that he would (hew us the way at any 

 time. We fixed upon the next day ; and, 

 in the mean time, the old Cure gave me aa 

 account of hufbandry around Acqs. 



He complained much of the climate; 

 faid that the fouth wind, which, a little 

 more north, was fo mild and fine, if it 

 took a little turn to the weft, came from 

 the fnow on the mountains, and quite 

 changed the climate to them who were fo 

 near ; that they felt this in not being able 

 to have olives -, that even their mulberries 

 Y 3 fometimes 



