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rule of politenefs to place each perfon neareft 

 to thofe with whom he is beft acquainted. 

 But this arrangement confines the converfa- 

 tion of each perfon, too much, to thofe with 

 whom he is in the daily habit of aflbciating. t 

 To me, it is always a difappointment, for I 

 can converfe with my comrades in my ufual 

 round, when ftrangers are not nigh ; but, when 

 thrown into fociety, in a foreign country, I 

 always feel a defire for the converfation of the 

 people refiding therein, expecting to obtain 

 information from them, both of the country 

 itfelf, and of the manners and cuftoms of its 

 inhabitants. 



The attendants at the dinner table are 

 very numerous. In addition to thofe of the 

 family, aim oil every gentleman has his own 

 flave ; and, ,thus, it often happens that the 

 room is quite crowded with fable domeftics, 

 whofe furfaces emit an odour not lefs favory 

 than the richeft dimes of the board. How 

 long it may be before our olfa&ories become 

 reconciled to this high-feafoning of a Weft 

 India feaft I cannot conjecture ; but, at pre- 

 fent, we find it extremely offenfive. Poor 

 Mafter is particularly annoyed by it, and 



