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and conjugal tyes have engrofled our affec* 
tions. 
When by this method you have laid the firft 
foundation of travelling in your own countrey, 
you will then be qualified to go farther, and 
become ferviceable to yourfelves, and the pub- 
lic, by learning thofe things abroad, which 
could not be learned at home ; and thus, hav- 
ing made a fair examination, you may be ena- 
bled to judge, whether our own cuftons may 
be improved by the help dr forreign ones, and 
how far ; and thus you will not be apt rafihly 
to imagine, that every fafhion which prevails 
at Paris, is fit to be introduced into our cot- 
tages * laftly, thus you will not be better ac- 
quainted with the manners and cuftoms in 
France, England, Germany, and other coun- 
tries, than with thofe of your own j i. e. you 
will not, as the proverb fays, for want of com? 
mon fenfe. 
Invert all order, and become 
Lynxes abroad, mere moles at home.' 
But not to abufe your patience any longer^ 
i here break off the thread of my difcourfe, 
that what time remains may be employed by 
me in expreffing my wifhes and thanks. Firft, 
to thee, O omnipotent God, i humbly offer 
