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to the sea and ports of shipment, give them great advantages, by 

 saving inland conveyance. The v^'hole valley of the Mississippi also 

 * yields it in abundance. 



7th. That the people of all parts of the United States are con- 

 sumers of British manufactures; for in spite of national asperities, 

 they adopt the habits, tastes, fashions, and dress of their English 

 ancestors. This, I think, is a natural feeling in the human breast, 

 for I never yet knew a son who was offended by being told that he 

 resembled his parent. The imported grain then would be paid for 

 in the products of British industry. 



8th. That the rapidly increasing population and limited superficial 

 surface of the British Isles, will speedily render a foreign supply of 

 grain necessary, even in the most productive seasons — and conse- 

 quently a reduction of duties must ensue; it is therefore advanta- 

 geous to the agricultural interests, as land is becoming so valuable, 

 to reserve as much of the soil of England as possible for the culti- 

 vation of wheat and more valuable products; and nothing will tend 

 to promote this object more than the introduction of a copious sup- 

 ply of cheaper farinaceous food for the poor and laboring classes. 



In closing the historical part of this memoir, it may not be unin- 

 teresting to allude to another countryman of ours, Elihu Burritt, 

 commonly called " The Learned Blacksmith," who is at present 

 engaged in making a pedestrian tour in various p^rts of Europe, and 

 giving the result of his observations in the " Christian Citizen," 

 from which we make the following extract : — 



I have just got out " An Olive Leaf, from the Housewives of 

 America, to the Housewives of Great Britain and Ireland, or Recipes 

 for making Various Articles of Food, of Indian Corn Meal," con- 

 taining all the recipes I received before leaving home from our kind 

 female friends in different parts of the Union — heaven bless them! 

 I have had 2,000 of these Olive Leaves struck off, and intended, in 

 the first place, to send a copy to every newspaper in the realm. I 

 shall have a thousand, all of which I shall put in the hands of those 

 I meet on the road. . I have resolved to make it a condition upoi> 

 which only I consent to be any man's guest, that his wife shall serve 

 up a johnny-cake for breakfast, or an Indian pudding for dinner. I 

 was invited yesterday to a tea party which comes off to-night, where 

 about thirty persons are to be present. I accepted the invitation 

 with the johnny-cake clause, which was readily agreed to by all par- 



