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Seeing no profpeG of afcertalning 

 whether we had any letters, we returned from 

 the hot and crowded town to take our din- 

 ners quietly on board, and to enjoy the high 

 feaft of reading the papers, which our obliging 

 and attentive friend, Mr. Hinde, had kindly 

 allowed us to put into our pockets. You will 

 believe that this formed a moft exquifite de- 

 fert after our meal, and was of more grateful 

 flavor than all the fruits and fweets of a tropi- 

 ea! foil. 



To an Englifliman a news-paper is a ne- 

 ver-failing fource of amufement ; and the high 

 delight thence derived appears to be, in fome 

 meafure, peculiar to our nation. If, therefore, 

 even at home, and in a peaceful hour, it be a 

 great pleafure to take up the Times or the 

 Chronicle of the rrj orning, I put it to your 

 feelings to judge what muft have been our 

 enjoyment, when I tell you that, at this 

 wide diftance from our country, and after 

 being long Ihut in ignorance regarding it, we 

 have been quietly feated in the ftiade of a cool 

 cabin to perufe the papers in the regular 

 feries of a whole fortnight. We remained 

 for leveral hours fecluded and in filence, — 

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