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28 In gratitude to the revered memory of the belt of characters, I am obliged to acknowledge that I never found myelf o happy as with Mr. Baker: inenible of the authority of a uperior, I experienced the indulgence of a friend; and the want of a tender parent was entirely forgotten in the humanity and affection of a benevolent tranger.

I remember to have een numbers perih by famine this year: the exceve heat of the climate, and want of rain, dried up the land; and all the fruits of the earth decayed without moiture.

Numbers of people have dropped down in the treets and highways: none