4 Terra. Filings. left other communities; and that our uniCerfities, for inthnce, (the molt famous focieties of learning in the world ?) are an undeniable proof of this ob- fervation. This has at fira fight,.a very plaufible app?rance, nnd has, no doubt, in d x world of i?orant fdites to the belie[ o? it? they ?mk ?t ought to be, ?s they are told it is. and knowing nothing to the contrary. they ?ieve ?t it is fo: thus are all hlfe- h?s e?bli?'d. But ?though ?dg?ns are to be catch'd thus. to ?e& the hme '?ulity ?om or.rs, who have hv'd among? them for any time, is fuch conrum- mate, bnefic'd--(l know not what to ?11 it,) ?ch h?den'd ?ontery, as no men in the world, but our ?all fchoolmen, could be guilty blu? for them whila I relate it. The mo? doquent an3 ?enownea Bdety o? ?e? and ?fier-?omen, when they get hr enough out of town, among? their filly count ac uain- ? q._ rance and relations. may fay, with a bold dogmaucal ?r. that o{ all neovle the? live the mo? comforta- ? ? and iovin I ?o [ther. ?nd that Billin ?ate is the ? ne?bMurh? in the world l that they have none ? thole idle fqmbbles, and downi? difputes t?e, which ?e fo ?equent among? the dames and ?mm?s in coun=y villages; and they may add, that as'they all d? alike in ?fi?, it is their bUffhers ?d intereft to a?ree amongR themeIves, and not call w?re and?ch. an3 hll to fcratching, and iearing, and pulling off' one another's caps, when they o. ught to be vending their commodities. This woula �ound very probable to folks who know no better: but to tell iuch thin?,e?O any one, who has N'en frequently there, and an eye and an ear wireels of their noify harangues, and bloody skir- mifl, es, is fuch a piece of impudence, as even an ?yfitr-?om?n would bhth to ix: guilty of.
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