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form ideas from the opinions of others, 

 without taking the pains to make ob- 

 fervations for themfelves, are very of- 

 ten mi fled, and fuch I am confident 

 has been the cafe a thoufand times, in 

 the judgments that have been formed of 

 this cireumftance. 



They have every appearance of be- 

 ing moft miferably poor. Their cotta- 

 ges are frequently conftructed of ftones, 

 Vvhofe interfaces are filled up with 

 peat or mud, and fo careful are they of 

 glafs, that their windows are fcarcely 

 large enough to light around their 

 wretched fheds. 



Their general food is bread, cheefe, 

 and milk; and fometimes, what they 

 call flummery, which is made of oat- 

 tneal and milk, mixed together and then 

 boiled. Animal food, or ale., ara not 

 among their ufual fare. 



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