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influence. Whatever tends to ftrengthen the 

 connection between man and man ; to im* 

 - prove our being, and increafe the general hap- 

 pinefs of my fellow creatures^ I regard with 

 an attachment bordering upon enthufiafm. I 

 feel that in the great fcale of creation we all 

 are men and brothers. The little varieties in 

 the habits of fome, and the different fhades of 

 colour in others, in no degree alienate the af- 

 fection I bear them, as individuals of the fame 

 focial race to which I belong. Situation and 

 eircumftance may have held us feparate, and 

 have led to different cuftoms and purfuits : but 

 in nature, we are ftill the fame ; whether we 

 tread the globe in one quarter or another ; 

 whether rude or refined ; whether pampered 

 with luxury in the towered cities of Europe ; 

 or fed with more fimple fare in the wild forefU 

 of America ! 



With my mind thus occupied, I was 

 among the foremoft of the train, on our way 

 to the Indian town. Feeling anxious to avoid 

 every poffible caufe of offence, we begged of 

 Vandyke to inftrucl: us in fuch rules of con- 

 duel, as it might be proper to otferve towards 

 the naked tribe ; but he did not confider any 

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