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the troops. He has one of the beft houfes in 

 the old town, and all about it wears a degree of 

 order, befpeaking much of eafe and independ- 

 ence. Madame Scholten appeared to be a fa* 

 cetious pleafant woman. We took tea with 

 her after leaving the angry vieu fifcal. 

 She converfed in good French, and feemed 

 inclined to wit and humour. I have ftored 

 for you fome. notes upon this vifit, and upon 

 a Dutch lady's prefcription for a gentleman on 

 obferving him bend his eye towards a fine 

 mulatto girl, which may fome day afford you 

 amufement. M. Scholten is about to remove 

 from the old town down to New Amfierdam, 

 fo that we have a profpe£i of feeing this fa- 

 mily added to the fociety near the fort, which, 

 in this thinly inhabited fettlement, will be a 

 great acquifition. 



Old Amfterdam, as a town, has little 

 more to recommend it, than New Amfter- 

 dam, which is only now growing into exift- 

 ence : and the latter, with regard to commerce, 

 has every advantage of fituation ; — while the 

 former, although many years eftablifhed, has 

 no fuperiority to claim from regular ftreets, 

 haadfome houfes, churches or other public 



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