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has told us that this curiofity prevailed 

 fo much in America, that when he tra- 

 velled in that country, if he only wifh- 

 ed to afk the read, he found it expedient 

 fo favc time, by prefacing his queftior> 

 with " My name is- Benjamin Franklin 

 by trade a printer am come from 

 " iuch a place and going to fuch a 

 " place ; and now -which is my road ?" 

 In all travels, through unfrequented 

 countries, we find it very common ; and 

 from the inquifitive difpofitions of men 

 in general, where novelty lays fuch hold 

 upon their attention, it would even feem 

 ftrange, were we not to find it fo. 



They are much inclined to ftiperfti- 

 tion. But in all countries, there are 

 weak and foolifh people ; in England, 

 many of our pcafantry are ready to 

 fwallow, with the molt credulous avidi- 

 ty, any ridiculous ftories of ghofts, 

 hobgoblins, or fairies. In Wales it is 

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