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clouded with misfortunes, let them be careful 

 here to preserve tranquillity of mind, and watch 

 with caution over their passions. The young 

 and inexperienced, who have embarked with the 

 false notion, that fortune has heaped up treasure 

 for them to be delivered out gratis, let them 

 also prepare for disappointment; and let them 

 avoid at first arriving in these countries, entering 

 into any serious engagement, or intricate con- 

 cern, until they have made themselves acquainted 

 with the genius of the people and their local 

 laws ; for fear any glittering allurement should 

 lead them into an inextricable labyrinth of diffi- 

 culty and vexation, and consign them to that 

 country, ^from whose bourne no traveller re- 

 turns.^ " 



