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R E F A 



The notes tcrminatfd by the letter F, arc taken from the French trani^- 

 latlon ; ihofe by the letter Y, are Mr. Young's ; and thofc by ihe lettet 

 E, are new ones added to the prefent edition. 



The denominations of money ufed, are generally Englifh, (or fterling) j 

 j»nd the amounts exprelTed are generally copied from the Englilh tranlla. 

 lion published by Mr. Young, without any examination. 



T he word hoijeau has been traollated hujhel ; and perhaps it has the 

 fjme origin in point ol etymology; but no dependence can be placed on 

 itsTcprefenting the fame nieafure as the Wincheftcr bulhel of England. 

 In truth, the meaning of the word boijfeau differs exceedingly in variou? 

 parts oi the continent of Europe. Tnis is an.embarrafTtnent vhich can- 

 not cafily be removedi and happily it will not be found a very important 

 one. . , 



Various paffages in the following hiftory are in efFedl given in the form 

 of dialogue, though the change of the Speaker is often marked only by 

 the ufe of iyroertecl comtnau The editor had to copy what was before 

 him, in this refped^; and Marn-ontel in the preface to his Moral Tales, 

 gives the foUo^ving j.iftiticaaon of the method.— *• I propofed fome years 



* fmce, under the article Dialogue in the [French] Encyclopedia, to bar^- 



* ifli \\\zfaid he and jaiJ //jey from lively and animated dialogue, I have 



* f»ad« the experimeuf in thefe Tales, and I think it has fucceeded. This 



* manner of rendering the narrative more rapid, is troublefome only at 



* fiift : As foon as we are accuftomed to it, it makes the talent of readm^ 

 < w^//, appear to greater advantage." 



