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Rh XII. A Nuptial song.

XIII. Another; shewing the best way of pleasing the new parents, and of gaining their favour. But again, how sarcastic is it throughout!—

I have given what I collected while I was among these people, without pretending, as I said at first, to equal them with the songs of the deathless bards. Nevertheless, the unprejudiced reader will discover several artless beauties in one or other of them, and the investigator of mankind will get an insight into the genius of the nation. S.