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English know as the waffle is called the gauffre. 

 In summer the superfluous fresh beef is ^Xa^ jerked 

 for keeping, and potted beef and venison still con- 

 tinue to delight the senses of the people with their 

 grateful savor. We are uncertain whether the 

 general preference of coffee over tea is the result of 

 an hereditary national taste, or whether it originated 

 in the superior cheapness of the former article. 

 Names still preserve their old pronunciations in 

 that region, and in spite of the refinements and im- 

 provements of modern society, the Duboses and 

 Marions are pertinaciously called Debusk and 

 Mahrion. 



Of the public life of those worthy emigrants who 

 found a home on the banks of the Santee, few, if 

 any, traces are to be found in our histories. 

 The English portion of the population appear to 

 have viewed them with feelings of hostilit) . In the 

 disturbances which occurred during the turbulent 

 administration of Gov. Moor, they are represented 

 as having yielded too readily to the wishes of the 

 constituted authorities, and to have aided materially 

 in returning to the Assembly members who were 

 disposed to second and forward the ambitious views 

 of the governor. During the administration of Sir 

 Nathaniel Johnston, who succeeded Gov. Moor, Mr. 

 John Ash was sent by the English Dissenters to 

 plead their cause against the usurpation of the High 

 Church party. In his representation of the affairs 



