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tor y — fome conceiving that it might be effe£ted 

 without difficulty — fome confidering it as pe- 

 rilous and quixotic, and others reprefenting it 

 as wholly impra&icable : but we find that it 

 is extremely difficult to obtain any accurate 

 information upon the fubjedt, there being very 

 few perfons in the colony who have interefted 

 themfelves regarding either the remote parts 

 of the fettlement, Or the a&ual ftate and ha- 

 bits of the people whofe territory they have 

 invaded, and who have been driven from the 

 very foil on which they are now acquiring 

 their riches: hence, if undertaken, it muftbe en- 

 tirely a marooning excurfion, the party making 

 a home wherever it can be found, proceeding 

 while it can be made pleafant, and returning 

 when it becomes difagreeable. Under all 

 circumftances if it takes place, I (hall endeavour 

 to be one of the party — and, need I remark 

 to you that, I {hall not be the firft who will 

 propofe to return. If we go—my pocket 

 ink-cafe lhall be my travelling companion, and 

 in noting obfervance, I will think toward you 

 from the wildeft depths of the foreft. 



