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more none more, than to thou, relating to the comparative
price of provisions, and the facilities afford^d
by our political freedom, and luxuriant
soil & climate, for the poorer classes to
obtain the wherewithalls to eat, drink,
and wear — He viewd me with a
sort of (I thought) affected astonishment,
at being raised a degree or two above
absolute barbarism; which he apprehended
was the prevailing trait in
the American character; at the same
time evincing himself but
one degree beyond the enlightened
Editor of the Quarterly, in a general
knowledge of a country so insignificant
as the rebellious child of
his precious mother country:– Being
a fit subject for a quiz, I boiled the
Ewe with him for some time much
to my amusement. When we land^d
at the pier head of Princes Dock, (the
principal resort of American Ships, of
which it is almost full) I ascended
the flight of steps leading up to the Quay
and was immediately surrounded by
a host of the various professions
that generally occupy such stations