Bat this is not so with Che fair Sex ; many of them are fond of literature,
and possess talents for musie, and other arts : Still that part of
education which has for its object thé management of i domestic
concerhSj is not neglected* and in families where there are mahy
daughtersi.these occupations go in general by turns; The American
ladies generally possess a fine figure, and a handsonie complexion \
but it is a pity that the tfeeth Of too many amongst them begin
to decay at a very early agb^ :The; ^e«stottt herei ; of '(drinking
their tea and eatirig their meals very bot, is most likely the ;'prih«
cipal cause o f this disfigurement, which might, with proper caâè,
be prevented.
But to return to my observations as to the private character of-
the inhabitants of the United States. I cannot but bb of opinion*
when a stranger, who arrives in a very Unfortunate epoch of his own
country, and at the same time personally under very unfavourable
circumstances and is assisted at different places in that country,
without any advantage being taken of his distress* or any thing
demanded more than the security of his word, that the people
must have the true feeling of honesty themselves, otherwise they
would not trust so much to another.
It is true, on my arrival here several persons shewed mudh :in©li%
nation to get acquainted with me, who, by mriny circumstances,
I could discern Were speculators; but I had an easy method of
getting rid of them ; by only telling them in what situation I was
here, they soon disappeared, and I was never more troubled with
them. But as so many Europeans come over for the very purpose
* A d efficacious remedy for preserving the teeth, consists, o f one ounce o f camphire,
wtfl pounded and dissolved in two ounces o f tincture o f myrrh, and when thèrè is a
pain in the teeth one ounce o f laudanum may be added î mix a few drops of this tincture
in a wine glass o f water fill it becomes o f a milky colour, and wash the gums with it,
which may be repeated twice a week. This tincture is likewise a good preventative for
the gums against scorbutic, complaints in long voyages, for which the author can recommend
it from his own experience.
of speculation, they need not be surprised at meeting, in their
traffic, with so many Americans ©£ the>sadtoe «turn; witji themselyeg,
On the iteteniy^eigbfeh of September we?£ailedpfr©m
and, not to trouble you with the narrative of a mosti tedious,voyage,
it may be sufficient here to say, that the unfavourable weather $ p
experienced >was thenmost. unpleasant: rbfi- the whole *of i t ; jheavy
gales of; wind, folio wed By •dead calms, whilst/ thfe seas WAS ‘
agitated; and one night the wind shifted so- suddenly it©; tbp • opposite
iquaEter^ifhat the teapiamraaid .if ifybad net yhappP^dvWbffl
he was ntrjdffit-ky'hficould not tellw hattosighk h^vje jhCfn*lbsiQqp#eT
quencffio Bilt ©bh day£the><3Béajher sfaeeMmapariisCHlAFl
though when the sunproseriteisky was c l^ r,1 ahf the ©pean had its
usual lapis lazulicedóm**, ibufc, saaine heayiy eJaad^ appeared m/fhè
north-west* which graduaMyincreased, and &preadi»gj©v>er Jheiho-
rizon, ipvolKe^ The? rays of the sn n; which pow appeared > thr©ïUgh j the
miat as »anuenoimous radvgfe\riBg/fireijballi ;the itMuïöêïl ta#§i4of
the tempest-wasiheasdiinithe rigging- the ocean changed its cofour
tors Bead. mariale goey>; ithe wavesi were risipg-in different, forme as
so many ¥Bpulchres,.and^e st-r§egth iwith wh.ieh they dashed against
the vessel made them appear like solid rock? *gjgfó $)§., increase fff
bhe hurriqape-thqy assumed the ghape of mountains, ©a which the
foam {appearedlike the snowy tops e f dh§ Alps: fhe ahip was shaken
through all her parts; and by the combat pf The two powerful elements,
our neutral habitation was .almost dashed to pieces.
The remark has been often made, that in a sea voyage* only ,a
Single plank paris life from death; but fhe Chinese hAye/ConJ^ye^l
better; the}r have endeavoured to .diminish The peril as in dm de-
seripthm of Lord Macartney's Bmhassy tQf^hina, the ajurthor men_
tions, that the Chinese have the holds ©f their ships divided into
twelve jdlhèren t parjthi.ons,„which iai# .ail jnade w^fer-tight, ,ao that
if any accident happened toth© vessel, by striking against a rock,
or springing a leak, the water can only penetraj^.jpi;© qpp part of