( 3*2 ) 



koned prudent enough at the fame time, which fc 

 that they never pay any regard to any intelligence 

 they receive from thefe penfioners, if it is not ac- 

 companied with fome prefent. Their policy here 

 arifes no doubt from this confederation, that in or- 

 der to give an entire credit to any piece of intelli- 

 gence, it is not only neceffary that he who commu- 

 nicates it mould have nothing to hope from it, but 

 even that it mould be attended with fome expence 

 to him, both becaufe the intereft of the public 

 fliould be his only motive for fending it, and alfo 

 that he may not rafhly trouble them with trifling 

 and fuperficial matters. 



End of the First Volume. 



