venerate true devotion, under all the various 

 forms affumed by every clafs of its votaries, 

 however mifled, with regard to particular 

 tenets, I, fo far, fubfcribe to the merit of the 

 widow's arguments as to quit the topic in 

 perfe£l harmony ; although lefs Imprefled 

 with the great truths, fhe fo fervently urges, 

 than her zeal for the good caufe would lead 

 her to wilh. 



I feel, however, the fatisfadlon of having 

 obtained this poor woman's cfteem and grati- 

 tude; although, by a circumftance lefs fpiritual 

 than religious obfervance ; — a concern. Indeed, 

 wholly temporal, for it regards, fimply, the 

 body's fupport ! Finding, that fhe was often 

 at a lofs to contrive a convenient and occo- 

 nomical dinner for her Uttle brood, I hinted 

 to her the great utility of rice, In reply to 

 which fhe remarked, that flie did often make 

 them rice-puddings^ but that they were very 

 cxpenfive, and required much time and 

 trouble in preparing. She did not feem to 

 have any Idea that rice, /imply boiled^ could 

 be eaten, or that it could be regarded as food, 

 without the admixture of eggs, fugar, milk^ 



