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"slaves very cheap by Servants not dear.
"And to this may be added a government
"mild and equal in which more liberty is
("taxes too trifling to be mentioned)
"no where to be found may I not ther=
"=fore conclude that if mere living well plentifully
"and at ease be considered no country can
"exceed perhaps equal this In respect of
"society we are deficient but this is made
"up to a studious person or one who does
"not dislike retirement by the amusments
"of the field by the employments of
"agriculture and by reading not however
"that we are without company I have
"eight or nine neighbours within twenty
"miles of me with whom I visit and
"some of them are familys in which a
"rational conversation is not wanting

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