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intrigue of large towns, fettle thefe things 
in the cleareft and moft fagacious manner, 
" with no other inllrudor but good fenfe, 
and no other guide but reafon." Philofo* 
pher as my holt affeded to be, and though 
his countenance, which became animated at 
every ftroke of fatire that efcaped him againft 
the inflitutions of fcciety, was expreffive of 
confiderable energy, candour, and good fenfe, 
I have taken the liberty of abridging his nar- 
rative, leaving it to the reader's imagination 
to fupply what 1 have omitted. 
I proceeded on my journey in the evening, 
after receiving a kifs of peace and good will 
from the whole family. 
From Rooye-Zand I pafied into the canton 
of the Twenty- four-Rivers, the moft pleafant 
fpot, beyond difpute, in the Dutch fettle- 
ment. It derives its name from the numerous 
ftreams by which it is v/atered; and hence we 
may judge how produftive and pidlurefque it 
muft be. The principal canals, alfo, by the 
drains which are judicioufly cut, convey 
abundance and fertility to all the cultivated 
grounds in the neighbouring farms ; and the 
inhabitants exercife confiderable fkill in in- 
creafing or diminifliing the body of thefe wa- 
D 4 ters. 
