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thought, on the contrary, that thefe people 
formed to themfelves an illufion at pleafure, 
to leflen in their own eyes the merit of thofe 
fervices which France then rendered them, 
and to get rid privately of the burden Im- 
pofed on them by gratitude. However this 
may be, I am ftill of opinion that the French 
would have had great caufe to complain of 
this colony, had not fome people of diftinc- 
tion, whofe prudence checked the murmurs of 
tjie populace, made fome amends for the in- 
juftice of this enmity, by thofe obliging fer-^ 
vices and elTential fuccours which the circum- 
ftances of the time rendered a part of their 
duty. Thefe worthy men were not negled:- 
ed by the French miniftry, who honoured 
one of them with a letter of thanks from the 
fovereign. Who is there who has not had 
Gccafion to praife the noble and difinterefted 
behaviour of Mr. Boers, the fifcal ? and who 
is there who will not always preferve the re- 
membrance of it in his heart ? For my part, 
I render him the pureft and the moft fmcere 
homage ; and may this truth, which I cannot 
conceal, as much preferve the remembrance 
of hh name as it will offend his modeftj, 
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