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 much impeded, and many evils, to the diadvantage of the in that part of the world, are thereby greatly promoted. This averion is, in a great meaure, to be attributed to the views of the generality of Europeans, who having ubmitted to a voluntary exile, which they uppoe is to be only for a few years, flatter themelves they hall oon return wealthy to their own countries. Buoyed up with thee notions, they look upon matrimony as a bar to their expectations; and in the mean time, content themelves with the company of a mulatto or negro mitres, who brings them a purious race of children, the maintenance of whom, together with the extravagance of their able mothers, oon diipates the firt avings of their keeper's hard-earned wealth. When, as often is the cae, worn out by the climate, or other diaters, they at lat ee their folly, but generally too late to prevent its conequences. But