GROWTH of TEA, 
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PART I. 
Of the growth of tea, manner of Chinese drinking 
tea; introduEiion of tea into encxLand; tea 
the caufe of many diflempers , &c. 
LETTER L 
7o Mrs. O * * * * * *. 
M A D A M, 
Y O U are arrived at home, but I hope not near the end of 
your journey : you muft fet out again, and it will give 
me great pleafure to hear that you take the right road, not 
the beaten track of life, tho’ you fhould find in it the best 
company. 
I have yet fomething to communicate, to which I defire you 
will lend a ferious attention. It is of great importance to the 
lives and fortunes of your fellow fubje&s, and confequently to 
the welfare of your country. I do not mean to make you a 
merchant or a politician in fpite of your teeth ; but it would 
be a very ill compliment, to a lady, to fuppofe (he has no love 
for her country, or does not enjoy fuch a (hare of good sense 
as generally attends this generous affe&ion. 
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