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at their want of success, or hope to see a single specimen 

 produced that will be worth looking at ? With this I 

 conclude, hoping that thou hast received some informa- 

 tion, and occasionally had a smile upon thy countenance, 

 while perusing these "Wanderings;" and begging, at 

 the same time, to add, that, 



Well 1 know thy penetration 



Many a stain and blot will see, 

 In the languid long narration 



Of my sylvan errantry. 



For the pen too oft was weary, 



In the wandering writer's hand, 

 As he roved through deep and dreary 



Forests, in a distant land. 



Show thy mercy, gentle reader, 



Let him not entreat in vain : 

 It will be his strength's best feeder, 



Should he ever go again. 



And who knows how soon, complaining 



Of a cold and wifeless home, 

 He may leave it, and again in 



Equatorial regions roam ? 



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