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from the firft to the laft, uniformly courteous and atten¬ 
tive, accompanied with a politenefs that furprized thofe on 
whom it was bellowed. At all times they feemed fo cautious 
of intruding, that on many occafions they facrificed their 
natural curiolity to that refpedl, which natural good man¬ 
ners appeared to them to exadl. Their liberality to th q Eng¬ 
lish at their departure, when individuals poured in all the 
heft they had to give, and that of articles too of which they 
had far from plenty themfelves, ftrongly demonftrated that 
thefe teftimonies of friendfhip were the effulion of hearts 
that glowed with the flame of philanthropy ; and when 
our countrymen, from want of ftowage, were compelled to 
refufe the further marks of kindnefs which were offered 
them, the intreating eyes and fupplicating gellures with 
which they folicited their acceptance of what they had 
brought, moll forcibly exprefled how much their minds 
were wounded, to think they had not arrived early enough 
to have their little tributes of affedtion received. 
Nor was this condudl of theirs an oAentatious civility ex- 
ercifed towards Itrangers.—Separated as they were from the 
reft of the world, the character of a ftranger had never en¬ 
tered their imagination.—They felt our people were dif- 
trefled, and in confequence wilhed they fhould fhare what¬ 
ever they had to give. It was not that worldly munificence, 
that bellows and fpreads its favours with a diftant eye to 
retribution—Their bofoms had never harboured fo conta¬ 
minating 
