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time, he privately eftabliflies in his own mind, 
as the firft article of his contraS, that, as he 
mufi: rapidly make a fortune, every method 
of procuring it is honourable and lawful. 
Full of thefe ideas, when he arrives at the feat 
of his government, where he finds every thing 
favourable to his views, he exercifes his 
rapacity with impunity ; when he returns to 
his own country, he infults his fellow- citizens 
by infolent pomp : and he undoubtedly never 
thinks of opening the eyes of his employers, 
concerning thofe improvements and regula- 
tions which in a little time would increafe 
the happinefs of a populous colony. 
I am of opinion that colonies, under the 
management of exclufive companies, are like 
thofe public carriages which circulate through 
all Europe, carrying pafTengers and goods at 
the fame time ; provided the latter arrive 
fafe, the proprietors care very little whether 
the poor travellers who defcend from the 
coach have their limbs broken or found. 
In the neighbourhood of this bay I found 
means to increafe my colledlion with feveral 
beautiful birds, and even with fome new fpe- 
cies, which were common here in the woods ; 
but I wiflied, above all, to procure one which 
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