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of cheapnefs that could induce any one to 

 come here, rather than to the South of 

 France ; for there are many circumftances 

 that mufl render the latter a more eligible 

 retreat. I pretended to the inn-keeper that 

 I wanted to fix at Manrefa for fome time, 

 and mould be glad to board in a reputable 

 family, where I could have a good apart- 

 ment to myfelf : he faid he could recom- 

 mend me to feveral perfons, who, he was 

 fure, would fuit my purpofe exactly. Saying 

 this, he carried me to a private houfe, at a 

 fmall diftance from his inn ; an exceeding 

 good one, and fuch as in England would be 

 inhabited by a perfon probably of a very 

 good fortune. Here I might have had a 

 large bed-chamber and a larger parlour, ex- 

 tremely well furnifhed, in the manner f 

 the country, boarded at the table of the 

 family, plentifully fupplied, and allowed, 

 when 1 chofe it, to be ferved in my own 

 apartment; the ufe of linen, and all necci- 

 faries, and the fame, with a room, for my 

 fervant ; and alfo liberty to keep two horfes 

 in a meadow, which in hay-time were to 

 be provided for elfewhere; all this for 

 31!. loa. a year, which is a cheapnefs that 



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