and fentlments of the m^nd. It deflroys the 

 natural affedions, and, weakening the attach- 

 ment which ought to exlft, between man and 

 man, tends to make mere egotifts of us all. 

 It not only renders us infenfible to our own 

 misfortunes, and the common ills of life, but 

 makes us callous to the fufferings of others, 

 and (huts the heart againft thofe feelings 

 of fympathy and compaffion, which, being 

 founded in humanity, are among the higheft 

 adornments of our nature. 



Notwithftanding my determination to 

 pafs over the ills of my prefent employment as 

 lightly as poffihle, I confefs myfelf to be one 

 of thofe dull Britons who would hope never 

 to fee the period when French levity fhall 

 fuperfede John Bull's fedate integrity. If a 

 Frenchman diffipates the paffing moment 

 with greater mirth and cheerfulnefs, ftill there 

 is a fomething in th^ more folid attachment, 

 and the blunt honefty of an Englifhman, 

 which is more important, and more interefts 

 and engages our efteem. 



As a flranger, or traveller, T look not for 



