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I now bring my Second Tour to a close, with only a few words. — 

 A writer without freedom is a writer without interest ; but I hope I 

 have taken no unwarrantable liberty with any man's name. In 

 " this vale of tears," we are entitled to snatch a pleasure where we 

 can find it, provided we rob no one else of the prize, and I would not 

 have it upon such terms. Johnson said of Savage, that " he seldom 

 found a stranger whom he did not leave a friend;" but, not 

 possessing the acquirements of Savage, I am in no wise entitled to 

 such a compliment. Thus much, however, I am enabled to say ; 

 that during my late Tour, I received nothing but hospitality and 

 kindness, and every man I met appeared to be my friend. This is 

 the way to pass one's days, for " it makes life's business like a 

 summer's dream." 



