!
NOW L -INDING,
From on board the flvip Eagle, Captain Willlimfwn, at
M.r. Nixon's Wharf,
St. Übes ,S A L T,
■Tor Sald/n qualities of 50 bufliels, or upwajvls fcy
, Starr & Pritcbett,
January 23,
Portraits.
ANY Ladies and Gentlemen, who are desirous of hav
ing their LikeneiFes takea, may have them done by
applying to the Painter, at No. 112, corner of Union and
Fourth llreets, whefe they can be referred to specimens.
O&ober 29.
JUST PUBLISHED,
By Thomas Dobfon, at the Stene hoafe, No. 41, Couth fe
cond street,
v s Dotne(lic Medicine ;
Ora Treavfe on the Prevention and Cur? of Dis
eases by *.egimen and Simple Medicines, with ari Ap
pendix; containing a Dispensatory for the use of pri
vate praeUtionen..
By WILLIAM BUCHAN, M. D.
Revifedaiid adapted to the Climate and DiJ'cafes of the
United States. •
By Samuei, Powell Griffits, M. D.
Profeffor of Materia Medina in the Univertity of
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In one "very large volmne oHaijo.
(Price two dollars and a half.)
The merit of Dr. B'jchan-'s Domellie medicine is
too well known to need any eacomiurn ; indeed the
very extenGve sale of the original - work ipeaks its
worth abundantly. But however well calculated for
trecli nate ofSntam, for which it «> originally de-
Cgned, it is obvious that it was not fnfficiently adapted
to the climate and dtleafes of Ameica.
The design uithis improved edition was to remedy
this deficiency, and to render this valuable and popu
lar work more intelligible and mpre ufeful to the citi
zens of tha U'.ited States, and th? improvements
being the' reiult «f experience and observation, ,it is
hoped will render this work move truly valuable and
u'feful. / »
Dee. 17
■ - F»r Sale, or to be Let on Leafs,
And ir ay be entered on the tirft day of April next,
7hi following valuable Property,
At the Port of Little Harbour, in the State of New-
Jerseys
No. 1. r "p"HAT valuable and noted island, called Tuck
_L er's Island, fltuated on the l'outh of, and bound
ed by liitrie Egg-Harbour inlet and the Atlantic : Thin
Island is ab®ut ten miles in length, and contains about
iocq acre?; on which is a large convenient house, store
house, and other out buildings, and is a noted good stand
for a tavern, it being at the elbow of the harbour, where
all the inw. rd and outward hound velfels belonging to,
and trading in tht port aforefaid, lay to wait for winds,
tides, &c. and where sea veiTels load and unload; and at
which place numbers of people resort for the convenience
of bathing, fifiiing, fowling, &c There is on the place,
meadow fuflicient to keep 40 head of cattle, and is situat
ed about 6 miles from the town of Tuckerton—the well
known pleasantness, healthiness, and natural advantag s_of
this place rteed no comment.
No 2.— The island called Foxborough Island, contain
ing. abaut »oo acres, chiefly meadow; whereon is a new
frame house 26 feet square, lituate about 2 miles dillant
from the firil deferibed place, and is a tolerable good Hand
for a tavern.
No. 3. —That valuable and noted Tavern-House and
lot, containing 2 acres in the town ot Tuckcrtoil; this house
is pleasantly lituated on a beautilul eminence in the heart
of the town a'orefaid, and commands a pleating profpetft
of the iilands, bays, rivers, and the Atlantic ocei 1, as well
as the country farms around; the house is large and con
venient, with a good csllai under the whole—There are
on the premises a well ot" good water, a large barn and
{tabling to accommodate 40 horses, a hatter's ihop, and
other out buildings; also an excellent apple orchid, a good
garden paled in with cedar paling, about 50 acres of wood
land, and the fame quantity of meadow.
No. 4.-—ls that large, pleasant, vaiuabla Farm, known
by the name of Tucker's Farm, which is bounded for 3
miles by navigable water, leading from the firft deferibed
Maid to the town aforefaid A considerable part of said
farm lies in the center of the town aiorefaid, afnd may b
fold off or let on ground rent for b«ildihg-lotts, to great
advantage—There are 9n the premises two frame tencr
mcnts besides the farm house, which is new and couveni
ent, with an excellent burn and other buildings; alio a
good apple peach orchard. Said farm contains about
* iooo acres, on which are several good landings; about
one half of which is meadow and cleared land, al|ln good
cedar fence.
No. 5. —Is a spacious, ehgast well-finifned new House,
55 feet front, two llories high, with* an Office adjoining
the fatrte, and oae Store adjoining the house 30 feet by *ao,
and a back Store 26 feet square, with good cellars under
under the whole, and i well of good water at the door ;
also an excellent garden, paled in with thebeft of red cedar
posts, and white cedar paling; also a spacious and beautiful
door-yard paled in as abov*, encloung fevcral beautiful
lhady trees. The house, ftofes, garden and door-paliugs
are hi ndfomely painted. Th.re is alio on the premises a
£ood barn, itabihig, and carriage house; the lot contains
about 5 acrcs, Ufituate in the center of the town ?forefaid,
is contiguous to a good landing, saw and grill mills, and
several churches of different' denominations.
No. 6—ls a Frame Houle, 26 f*ct square, and lot of 5
acres, in good cedar fencing, w th some good fruit trees,
in the town Jforefaid.
No. 7.-— Is a Lot containing 4 a res, whereon is a house
about 25 feet square, and a £ood apple orchard in good ce
dar fence, in the town aforefai.l.
No. 8.- -Is a good Saw-Mill, 3 mile 9 from the town afore
faid, with which is about 400 acrtis of woodland, zoo acres
of cedar fwair.p, fevcral ore mines, and a'fifiiery.
>■ petfon inclining to purchafc all or any part of the afore
faid defcribei premiss wiH find the terms of payment ea
iy, the prices low, and indisputable titles given ; or, if
rented, the rents moderate- —by applying to the fubferiber
proprietor of the prem fes, at Tuckerton, in the State
alorcfnid, EBEN. TUCKER.
Tuckerton, Jan. 18. 2awtFiß.
N. B. If the Tavern and premises No. 3 be not pi*evi»
<»ufly disposed of, they will be fold at public Au&ion, on
r l hurfday, the 18th day\cf February next, at 6 o'clock in
the evening, at the Merchants Cortefe-Houfe in Second
ttreet, in tt* r »tv of Philadelphia. .
FOR SALE.
A FOUNT of BREVIER, halt worn ; about four hun
dred \v< ight. Enquire at the Olfice of the Gazette
of the United States, No. 119, Chefnut-flrect.
December . $
V . French Language
' TAtfGHTmthelJfliveTWy, north F»urth-dreet, and in
Lfim» c. f ALLON, from Paris.
Apply (o kitu In (ptierry-ftlley, No. 18, or in the Oui
♦&TOT-. ; i January 1 1 4- * law4lV
•f:"
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J: or hale,
O ' to be LET for a term of years,
AN elegi X licufe with about forty-two acres »f Land
aftd \ 1 :adow. The situation is very convenient for
a Country >i it, or for a pcrfon "inclined to attend the
markets. Tit re is an excellent Kitchen Garden, Icc-houl'e,
and avarictj of Frwit—the .JiiVance ahowt five miles from
he qit) . Foi further infor.iiatian apply t© the Printer.
November 14. aawsf.
No- 63, foui.li Wharves.
jn&th6w
From the Asiatic Mikkok.
CALCUTTA, November 26, 1794.
Yellerday presented an Hindoo procefi'ion, thro
the lirccts of Calcutta, of unusual pomp, whicb
accoiding to the oriental style, was chiefly diftin
guiOuble by the display of tawdry oniameMs an.
the fupcrabundance of naife. Theoccafion of thi
lan of Dupna Rain, an opulent and refpeitubli
Hindoo inhabitant. A band of a dozen of uati'..
mttficians, elevated in four Tuftaramahs, borne oi
the fhotilders of coolies, pi t-ceded the cavalcade ;
and, if noise gives any claim to dilti:;£tion, the)
and their torn toms are juttly entitled to notice.—
Immediately after,thtfe, followed a corps »f fifty
coolies, in line, to each pair of whom was allotted
a (light Bamboo frame of fix or eight feet long
and fqur feet, high, to whicii was appended twelve
lamhorns. Another boJy of about 30 coolies suc
ceeded, each of the latter bearing on his head a
wooden frame, covered wiih artificial flowers, and
wax work imitation's of fruit. These devices were
not inelegant, and had a light and (hewy appear
ance, but with the fable skins of th<- supporters,
covered with dull arid a few elTenthl envelopes
presented a mod grotesque scene. A third body
of coolies, (we use this vulgar designation with re
lu&ance ; a polite traveller writing for the polilhed
readers of Europe wot/Id fay, " a third body of
dependents, attended in the elegant limplicitv of
nature, and with only a$ much artificial appaiel as
fcrved to adotn, without concealing the beauties of
human form") now followed, in numbers exceed
ing either of the former, and carried a variety (it
devices in painted wax-work, teprefenting such a
nimals as are molt diflinguirtied for fymrrtetry of
(tiape, and. agility of movement, harmoniously in
teripeifed with the malt agreeable productions of'
the vegetable kingdom. |
ia.r.e, the rapid acouilttion of weald) ami none , throughout the L.nleic !• as. i iia.ioni, and
without jullice or modeiation. But their firll views I tear fe.metimi.6 tile Spattiarde ai>d .the Eriglrfh, in
were merely commercial. They confvquently chose ocder to jui'tily ufurpatioi., «i,ip m, f, iml opprcf
for their capitals iituations adapted for trade, or lion .on their parts, have found it coi.veniein, ai)d
town# which had been Tins migiit they have been tlrrfflitfmntely too tu.-cT.tul, to're- '
at firrt have been, but cannot now be the retult ot present the Malays'as a cruel, treacherous, and vin
necefiity. That after'the experience ot a century difiive i ace. 1.*..; im v.:. „i» • ) ti , ;hc 1 ,;fc -
ami a half, those fit nations, like Bata via, which prejudiced pa toft lie community, have taken par
nave been found so defcructive of the human race, ticalar pains to»difiufe this optiiiot: ami;: their
(hould neither have been improved or changed for countrymen whom the poor Ma'ays h \e nit
places equally convenient and more healthy, is a the means, if they had the itic!in::tijn to unde
glaring and deplorable protff, that the passion of ceive. Let us examine the evidence upon which
cupidity can acquire so poweriul an afcer.deacy, at it is founded. Vcffel? are fumeiuncs cut ylf by
to a%forb every other confideraiion. But 1 molt Malay sailors, and the Europeans are said to be put
sincerely hope, and am sanguine enough to expetft, todeath with many circumitauccsof Stocking cru
that the means ot diffuling health and happinels, elty. Granting this to be often the cafe, and that
will in no long time, become the primary study even the Europeans nd clafhies vho efeape have i.o
in Batavia. motives for departing from the. truth, we o.ignt ;<>
Pulo Penang. I fee! a particular p'.eafure in trace the canfes of such mutinies, before we draw
observing that the commencement and progress of a genejai inference ftom the facts. Tie titmoft
this fettlemcnt, have been conducted upon princi- that can be inferred fjont thelV facts fieeiy admit
pk-s eminently superior to those of any colony be- ted and that Malay sailors (for v.e ca.,iu>t iai:<</
fore it in this, or perhaps any other part of the include the whole people) will sometimes ei: biai e
world. The worthy fupe: intendnnt, Mt. Light, an opportunity of murdering those Euiopcmgwlo
gat pofleflion of the lfland, without dilturbing,man are in their power* Who are thofe.failurj, >in
or bealt,—a new phcenomenon in colonization, general pirates. And what has r educed them to
Under his auspices and those of Mr. Scott, it has the neceiTtty of adopting and continuing this uio.c
i icteafed in commerce, cuitu u and population to a of life > h> mod countries, there are men uho live
degree fcatte credible in the couife of ieven years, by occupations on the sea, such as filhutg and traiif
lu the town of Penang there are about twenty porting of merchandise. These people aie fit (or
neat houses, besides a number of bungalows in the nothing else : and if they are not permitted a free
trountry inhabited by Eutopean settlers. The Bum- exercise of their pr» fefiion, they ma-It neecflVrilw
aer of inhabitants of all nations, where seven years have recouife to plunder. Can it f...r a moment
Scheie was not one, are now computed at about be doubted that the rellridlions impoieo upon mm
twenty thousand ; and they arc increaftng very fact. Merce 1 has inctealcd the number of these robbers ?
At present it affords an asylum to every A ranger : j Alternately opp.-efi'vd l.y European ui'urpers, at d
he may clear as much land as he can j and the mo- j native Princes, driven fiom their fettlcmews de
ment it is clear, it. becomes his property. This pro- ( prised of a fife trade, sometimes plundered, 'maf
perty he enjoys under the piotefiion of the British i sacred, or ei.flaved, they were forced by ajcettty
Flag without fear of mold! at ion. But no one cat) Jto wander i.i otiolt of ft.Milieu e, ai d | v j,„.
-laim a property in land until he has St ft cleared i*. proved piracy into a trade. Numbers colled from
This judicious regulation defeats the views of mo- vaiious quarters, of men, a'itlicGcd and flv i'.g from
lopolills, who might otherwise have obtained grants opprcflion. They unite for mutual advantage,and
if lands which they could not cultivate, and ena- thus cooipofe a body of fuffii lent (..ice to attack
-,'es the poor man to become proprietor of as much j even the largefl ships. But if these people art
is he cau clear by his own labour. I canoot omit j sometimes CtwL their cruelty has been grossly ex
ojjraife (for it always gives me pleasure to praise ! nggerated, and certainly imputed to a. wrung catifc.
■virh. jufliec) the generality with which Mr. Light It is a maxir.i even with the piiatcs, not (-1 hurt
(flitted the industrious but poor Malays. To ob- those who give up their property without cunten
etfs whom he deemed deserving he used to lend tioti. A veflel goi-j; to Pulo Peuairg W i» lately
noney, to be repaid at their own convenience. attacked by a piratical proa After lighting for
The intimate knowledge of the Malay charader some time, the people in the Pioa tailed out in a
vhich fee and Mr. Scott so eminently poffefied, fpin't of clemency "why don't you run a.tay ?"
ind the judgment with which they applied that to which the others replied " Low can we; we
: owledge, endeated them to the people; -and en- have no beat." The Proa coaqueud them,'and
.hied them to adopt fueh-meafurc3 as, if hereafter after taking what they had, permitted them to dc
lleadily purl'ued, cannot fail to increase population part. Eutopeans who have accidtntly faJlwj into
and ensure happintfs. Among these, one regula- their hands, have been trta ltd with lenity god
tion defirrves to be particularly noticed, as in its kindness ; and if ever they ej.pencnee those out
confequences it may be productive of great changes rageous cruelties of which we l.tai so much men-'
Singvlar Custom. thr cbarafteriftic fiercenefs of the Malays. They tion, they have thrmf- !vis piiin ipally to blamt
A coach, or waggon, as it is more properly cal- arf " ot allowed to wear creeses* on the iflanj. A The Malays certainly have exper eneed little of'.l at
led, is as neceflary at Batavia as a palanquin it Cal- change so lepngnant to the habits of a whole peo mceknefs, which the do<a,iines of Chiiftianity so
cutta. Every carriage is oMiged to Hop, P le » could < ,e,er have been effeded all at or.ee in (liongly inculcate, but which its followers so lel
while that of an Idillier (counsellor) is pafling bye ; any eflablilhed settlement, without producing mur- dom observe. There is another, and perhaps the
the inferior, according to his degree, Hands up with murt » infurredtions. But when the cuf- molt frequent cauie of mutiny on board of fltips.
his body bent, geisout of the coach, or even kneels tom was adopted in an infant colony, no man who A malay never forgives a blo.v ; and sailors are not
to the ground ; the great man fitting all the while, c ? me there to find proteflion for himfelf and for. flow to itrike. Those Malays whom 1 have I,en
perhaps fmoaking his pipe, in an attitude as (tiff his family, would objedt to lay aside his creese.— ashore, appear to be Uonell, trusty, and fierce ;
and immoveable as an Hindoo image. It is curious Hawever trivial this circumstance may appear to but not treacherous. Their atls of sudd n vi'o
to observe the different degrees of homage extrad-, some, to *e it (eems an important (te;, towards lence oftener proceed from a sense of recent and re
ed upon these occaiions, from the hopes or fears of improvement. May wej>ot hope to fee this island peated injuries than a love ..f plunder, or a cruelty
the pavfengers. Having ene day given a feat in become the emporium of trade, and the centre of of disposition. These opinions I give with .the
my Carojlfe di louangc to a young servant of the civilization iu the Eallern seas ? By an ufeful ri- more confidence, as they perfeft'iy accuid with the
Company, we met, in the eourfe of our ride, with * aMW P ' r w '". excite the jullice, and call forth the sentiments of fevctal gentlemen of gopd obferva
in Idilli er. Our coach stopped and my compani- I'berality of its neighbours. Besides rice, pepper, tion and much knowledge of the Malay character,
on made a rapid dart at the door >n order to get j fl, J far caße ' and a " t,le necessaries of life, Pulo Pe- with whom 1 have had eonveifations on the fuhjccL
sut. Believing that he had been suddenly seized | na "g P'oduces every species of fruit which is gene- Let them be treated with mildness, humanity, and
with a fit of insanity, I laid hold of the ifkirts of rall y kr, ° wn in India. Already aie all the flat jullice; aid they will feel that they aie men. ' But
lis coat to prevent any mifchie*ous eonfequences ; lands cleared to a considerable extent, and induitry it is rather hard that opprcffioti should hrllbe'.et
we pulled with equal obstinacy until the coat gave ' s fact advancing up the hills. It is a remarkable vice, at d afterwards punish it. Is it to be cxpe'dl
ivay ; he however effeded his pnrpofe, and paid c ' r cum(tance, and highly favorable to the progrtfs e d that they can ever regard wi h a favorable eye,
lii.tlefs homage to his superior, who condescended 'of cultivation, that not a tyger or any venemous (hangers who have cftabliflied and continue a mark'
:o smile at the novelty of the scene. Upon re-en- ? n i n,a '. " 3 to f« n the place. The cross tides, et for the sale of their lace 1 1 (hall conclude this
eritig the vehicle we expostulated and explained, ja 18 fald P revtnt lyg"» fwitr.mihg oyer from fubjeft with a quotation from the Abbe Kaynal
He convinced tr.e that I had, although innocently , ,he ad j ace,lt where they are in great •• The slave trade constitutes one of the princi
•xpofed him to some danger : but I was r.ot dif- P u^ hc;s - 1 nev " fa w people whose appearance cal branches of the commerce lall mentioned. Six
jlealed in having given him so good an opportuni- '"dicate more general happiness and fatisfattion thousand of both sexes are annually carried to Ba
yof displaying his Zeal even at the expence of a , t ' lan t ' le inhabitants of Pulo Penang. The Chi- Javia; where they are employed in domeltic service,
... j nefe, of whom there arefaid to be near three thou- the cultivation of lands, or manufadure<." Neiih-
Now foliowefl eighteen or twenty horsemen, ad
vancing without much order, ittmull be confeffed,
but with ridefs ftiperbly enparifoned : and that the
horses might not be behind their riders in point of
elegance, their tails and myies were painted of the
brighrell red. To these glittering cavaliers, fuc-
a troop of gentle.nvmplis, sacred to nautch
ing. And now advances the hero of the throng,
seated in a lofty Turtaramah, upheld by two fuore
sooty slaves, beiote whom paraded two veteran sons
of Apollo, forcing founds from the things of a cou
ple of decayed violins——one of these performers
was a Wind Portiiguezf, and the other a lame Ma
lay ; following them was a pair of French horns,
blown by two wooly-headed sons of Cnfraria. Be
hind the bridegroom, in an humble dooley, suc
ceeded the bride, beihrouded with curtains, and
fgrtounded with Brachmans ; neither feeing nor
seen. Ihe back ground was filled up by groupes
of Sepoys', variotifly cloathed, variously arranged,
varioully accoutred, and uniform only iu disorder
and irregularity.
To form an iccuiate conception of this gaudy
procession require! to have viewed it, but to con
vey by dcf. ripiiou any adequate idea of the effect
of the tout enfmble to an European mind, is better
suited for the pencil than thfpen. Yet this idle
display at the shrine of vanity whieli cok nearly
20,000 rupees, has its use, by giving circulation
to specie, employment to dancing' ghl3 and coolies,
brachmans, device makers, drummefs, fidlers, and
various other useless as well as iome ufeful members
of society,
—i, sand, are remarkable for ioduftry, decency and
„ , _ , . , cleanliness. They are eve:y where the licit colo
lo the Conductor of the Afiatw Mirror. m ft s . A China Junk, the firft that has ventured
S'R> so far, is laiely gone from hence, and is expe&ed
IHk foil of the Malay Islands is in general to return next year. The civility {hewn them and
rich and luxurirnt Those lands which are as highly the inducements of a free and profitable trade, will
cultivated as some of the hills of Java, have a truly no doubt bring more junks and emigrants from
beautiful appearance. They present a furface de- China. But they art) forced to pay duties (I be
lightfully variegated, and at a certain height equal lieve about 200 dollars each) at Malacca ; and if
in verdure and salubrity to any part of Europe. But they pass without paying it, they are brought back
the European Powers who trill made fenttlements by the Dutch crtuzers, or if they gel clear, the
in India, seem never tu have consulted any rational ntxt fh'P that comes belonging to the fame nation
principle 111 choosing their places of abode. The! is obliged to pay. This imposition is also extended
ignorant and Ligotted Portujuefe, when they weie ■ Porttiguefe ships. In whatever principle fogrofs
the prevailing power in the East, cau'iJ not be sup- jap extortion might have oiiginated, it certainly has
posed capable of choosing fituajions of convenience 'he effect of discouraging Portuguese and Chinese
or health. Occupied with the cares of a future, vefTels/rom trading beyond the limits of the Dutch
they negle&ed tht means of present happiriefs. Sub- settlements ; and is therefore not only an ail of in
leivientto the will of jyhoftly directors, whose aim justice to these nations, but an inftilt if not an in
it was by making proselytes to acquire power, they juiy to the English. But for this tax, the jtinks
were at the fame time both Haves and tyrants. >vould soon find their way to Pule Pcnang and Een-
That fupcriority in aims, whieli a smattering of coolen, and the transition to Madrid and Bengal
science liad given them aver the natives was, by wruld neither be difficult nor dangeroys. The
themselves, vainly attributed to superior valour and . Dutch will probably plead some antient custom in
nn doubt, by their priettj, to divine interposition. extenuation of this aft of oppfefiion and rapacity
Ihe eloquent Abbe Rayna!, who has undoubtedly againil htlplefs China-men and Portugtiefe. They
written tfie belt general account extant of the Eu- will perhaps fay, that this duty is cxatled as an
ropean settlements in India, has given.to the hero- * Qreeji. AJhort dagger, or knife.
the PortupTiefe, a IftSre wljLh thtf-could
only have derived from the ignorance and unjeci
lily of the natives, againlt whom they fought. It
the modem Portnguele leem fu» tniich inferior to
the conquerors of India, it is not because they Ka«r
degenerated, but that the other European nai.ont
and even the inhabitants of the Eail, have tiju-e
j considerably improved. The Abbe was probab y
deceived by the flaming accounts which I lie ad
venturers from Ponugal had no doubt tr?nlnii:ted
I of their own exploits : and these accounts were
then in no danger of contradiction. When other
! European Nations fe'nt colonies to India, the hero
; I ism ut the Poituguefe quickly vaniftmt. The ob
j jects and the meafnrea of ail however were the
t-qiiivalfrt fir*' c pr: 'efttor, affordedHy tlteircrnif
ers ngair.lt LVlalay pjr-tfi. But have theie people
ever fc.iioiiei ti:.-ir pr.;ie&io.! ? If not, they h«ivc
not a fh:»Jow of rij»i:t, and, if the Engltfh chcof.-
to interfere, th ry certainly have not the power - .o
cuniii.'.i- Ihe iiiif-wlHion.
„ Til a f»ij.,ct idturally leads me to a coniiileratioii
<>f ihe Malay - haiafter. The contempt and ab
horrence with which these people tn.*2t the emblems
of Clniitianny, and the adts of reisiiia'.iou wauii
they fome>:mci tr.Sici upon its vc ari-s, caonct ex
cite the furpjifc of any man who le c-onve-ifeit with
thehiilory of European cruellies, iucccClfely ot,in
mitied for two centuries,. in 11 by the Pom;i» ncfr,
anil afteiwaiJs by I heir cutftjurtois li>c 1- i r.-! -,
v* lands,
er the number, nor the feveti yof discipline havi
probably t .<iecrcafed iince the Abbe wrote Itis ctle
brated hiilory of the feltlements in the East anc
Weft I'ndies. I deiive much fatisfaflion from find
ing throughout the fnbjedls of which I have treat
ed, a close coincidence of femimentg with this :n
telligent author, without any previous reference to
his work. I have now conluiud-them in order to
afecrtain, upon such good authority, whether I
might not, in the cpurl'e of these .letters, whicli
have been said by some to breath a spirit ,of alperi
ty, havedotfe the Dutch a haiiy ii.jutlire, under
the influence of mifinformation or paflion, from
which no man is wholly exempt. Had it nowapy
peared or should it hereafter appear that asy of my
animadversions arc cenfurably harsh, juttice to
them and to myfcJf rcqnirea ..that 1 should fofteh er
retrafl. "However decided in my opinions, Ift el
far above that' iufignijicaacc of felf Jove tvhkhis
afraid to confefs a mistake in knowledge, or an
error in judgment. But cenvi&ion mud precede
confeffion. , CANDIDUS.
MR. BAKEWELL of DISHLEY.
Robert BakeweJl, the moll fncccfsfuj and cele
brated Farmer ever known, in Eng
land, was boi n at Difhlcy, io about