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2 of every thing about me o contrated to thoe triking cenes in India, which we are wont to urvey with a kind of ublime delight, that I felt- ome timid inclination, even in the conciounes of incapacity, to decribe the manners of my countrymen, who, I am proud to think, have till more of the innocence of our ancetors, than fome of the boating philoophers of Europe,

Though I acknowledge myelf incapable of doing jutice to the merits of men, whoe happy manners are worthy the imitation of civilized nations, yet, you will no me the jutice to believe, that the gratification of your, Wihes, is the principal incitement that engages mete take