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 292 COMiMERCE WITH, &C. tween the United States and India, and between Europe and the latter, are nearly the same ; but the American trader, although he may bring the commodities of India direct to Europe, must cross the Atlantic instead of the Channel or the North Sea, to refit and prepare for a new voyage. From these united causes, it seems almost certain, that, had the enterprise and capital of this country fair scope like that of other nations, the Continent of Europe would not, in a few years, receive an ounce of Indian produce through America.