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Show 2:: Tire 11% (f Tram/Zing. The Artof Tram/1mg. to the other Qualifications of a Travelle r. It has been faid that he ought to have a fwe inlinuating Humor, not by a [tndy‘d compol et and ing of himfelf, which will foon betray him whe n he tarrics long in a place, but by a docility of Mind, which makes a Man as it were naturally comply with thin gs that one would think mull needs lhock him , to jud of him by the gull of his Country. 'Tis this l'weetnel‘s of temper which becomes Allabili ty in thofe who are in public Polls, but in Travel ler s it lhould always be Condefcenlion, withou t degenerating into a fervile weaknel‘s of Mind ': And the: ought to have the art of ufing this Con defcenlion afte r an advantageous manner, To as to engage thofe with whom they converfe, either to con fide in 'em, or to inform 'em. Suppofe, for inl'tance, happens to be with an Englilh-man who that one his own Nation, in refpeét of its Strength, boafts of Courage, Trade, Plenty and Independence; and fcarce ever {peaks of a French-man, an Italian, or a German, without contempt; a Traveller who has docility, and yet firmnefs of Mind, will in fincere ter his Suffrage to applaud what is good in the ms give Englilh Nation, and in their Politics, without und to make comparifons between Nation and ertaking Nation, or fo much as between Man and Man, whi ch ought to be indullrioufly avoided ', becaufe the re are al-~ ways in foreign Countries fome Perfons that go un- der a difguife, whole Genius, Country, Intereil ' and IJeligns, can fearce ever be difcov r‘d, but yet hi; this means may be won upon. In obfervvin g this: Conduit, our Traveller would not fail to attract the 2a tedious Conquells, tho'they have fuch good Armies iand Fleets. In a word, he'd learn more of this Englilh-man in three days, than he could perhaps _in reading all the Hiltorians that hav e written of _ that Country. ' , But to give the Demonilration of this, wh en evil.-r _ any thing Hatters and pleafes a Man to Inch :1 e" degree as to make him delpife what does not feem to bear a. proportion to it, either he is a Pool, or under a dill gnife, or an intelligent Man fet upon his own lnte- tell, and over-zealous for it. If the firli, a wife Traveller will eal'i‘ly difcover him, and contemn _him', without troubling himltlf to tall: with hint If the fecond, he'll make trial of him by the Rules: 1. have been layingddwn; f0 that this Titan under t Mask {hall not be able to proceed far withon being. either redue'd to lilence, or elfe betraying himl‘elt. If. the hall, he can't be a man of Knowleilg but h‘,‘ the univerfal Principles of Policy, in which he has no advantage above our Traveller, or ell'e by inch particular Decilions he has made as are prope: to his Country; and in this point he CICljltCs‘ all the Curiolitv of our Traveller, who for his own hztif‘ faction "mull apply himfclf to receive Iriilrizfizien with all that nice Complaifance which we h are b7 g, :7: already fuppolingv‘; he mult llCal‘kCl‘l, aprlnul 7 "n, " 1‘. ll. 4 'b enquire: for Attention and Applaule chants pits-‘ ‘ '. l. a ,. cure the Eileem and Confidence ol‘‘ him tlx: llll.i.;\ 1~,., and afivcct, ingenuons and modelt way '91" izif‘g'lil mg? always returns with form: di‘ceverics, liflveliencc lh‘ews that it never fails to get tome tie recs 01 , ‘knowledg out of thole upon whom 'tis duly tried-ll. Canfidence of liith an Englilh-man, and 10 mig ht The Information I have reteivll even from 'I Ser- get out of him why the Englifh Nation is {o hil ls in. l nnlemly in the midlt of all its Prof perityz. aha" . Vant as it were by a'tcident, (K: a hint marl; 1,; a {may are l') eiger art's: (lain amidlt fo great Richc‘. ail ‘ win. air,- are is.) alht to: long, anti inu re " \' " w "3 5. w r- : a I", ,,.. o' .‘W ~ aw", . _. F‘H'1' ,\ certain Perl‘on to hi; Mullen lifts . with the {it‘ll occalion ol (living lift/1.1:} fuzz? which 1 had not the lealt thutglt, and tin, U |