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( 13 ) ſouthward, requeſted the other to give him ſome account of the capital, adding, "it is very ſtrange, that we can get but a very imperfect deſcription of ſo great a city in our parts, from whence ſo many go thither." Not at all," replied the northern traveller, "it is becauſe ſo few ever think proper to come back again."

A certain eminent tradeſman in the city, not more remarkable for a near deſcription than for a competent ſtock of aſſurance, which he generally diſplayed a great portion among his female acquaintance, being aſked for charity by one who ſeemed a real object, replied, according to his uſual phraſe, "I have no copper, friend" "That is often the gentleman's caſe," ſaid a lady in company, "but, however, to make amends he always carries braſs enough about him."

A macaroni gentleman in the military line, having given a ſoldier a threſhing with his cane for "looking ſaucily and ſcornfully" as he expreſſed it, one of his brother officers ſaying ſomething