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indications of civilized life, presented so 

 striking a contrast to the wild and savage 

 scenes we had passed through, that we 

 were much delighted with the change. 



After traversing some of the principal 

 streets, we alighted at the house of Mr. 

 Welch, to whom I had letters of intro- 

 duction. In the course of the morning we 

 were visited by all the Englishmen in the 

 place; amongst others, by General D'Eve- 

 reux and Colonel Hamilton, who were at 

 that time there, for the purpose of arrang- 

 ing their claims upon the government, to 

 which they had rendered considerable as- 

 sistance. It has been often remarked by 

 travellers, that persons of the same nation 

 meeting together in a foreign land are 

 disposed to render each other the most 

 friendly assistance ; although previously 

 they might have been not at all, or very 



