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vi dispose of them as I should think fit. I have carefully perused them three Times: The Style is very plain and simple; and the only Fault I find is, that the Author, after the Manner of Travellers, is a little too Circumstantial. There is an Air of Truth apparent through the Whole; and indeed, the Author was so distinguished for his Veracity, that it became a sort of Proverb among his Neighbours at Redriff, when any one affirm'd a Thing, to say it was as true as if Mr. Gulliver had spoke it.

the Advice of several worthy Persons, to whom, with the Author's Permission, I communicated these Papers, I now venture to send them