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forward perfectly well, mould fettle amongft. 

 them, they would not fail to ruin him. 

 For this reafon nobody comes to this place 

 without the mofl prefling neceffity ; and 

 therefore I jivas allied in fevcral places, what 

 induced me to go to it, two years one after 

 another. I likewife found that the judg- 

 ment, which people formed of them, was 

 not without foundation. For though they 

 feldom fee any Grangers, (except thofe who 

 go from the Brhifi colonies to Canada and 

 back again) and one might therefore ex- 

 pect to find victuals and accommodation 

 for travellers cheaper than in places, where 

 travellers always refort to; yet I experienc- 

 ed the contrary. I was here obliged to pay 

 for every thing twice, thrice, and four times 

 as dear as in any part of North America 

 which I have palled through. If I wanted 

 their am" fiance, I was obliged to pay them 

 very well for it, and when 1 wanted to pur- 

 chafe any thing, or to be helped in fome 

 cafe or other, I could prefently fee what 

 kind of blood ran in their veins; for they 

 either fixed exorbitant prices for their fer- 

 vices, or were very backward to affift me. 

 Such was this people in general. How- 

 ever, there were fome amongft them who 

 equalled any in North America, or any 

 where elfe, in politenefs, equity, gocdnefs, 

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