did womit like wengeance;_ (and added, reaching out the
book) _You may have my Wirgil, and welcome_. This humor had
the desired effect; the young gentleman saw the absurdity of
doing such w_iolence_ to the letter V, and has ever since
spoke like other people.

_Salem Gazette,_ April 26, 1791.

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What Mr. Welby, an English gentleman, saw when he was in the United
States in 1821. A very flattering picture of the West.

More Travellers' Stories.

_From the National Gazette._

A new book of Travels in America has been recently issued in
London which rivals the volumes of our old friends Weld,
Ashe, Fearon, &c. It is entitled "A Visit to North America
and the English Settlements in Illinois, with a winter
residence in Philadelphia; solely to ascertain the actual
prosperity of the Emigrating Agriculturist, Mechanic, and
Commercial Speculator"--by Adlard Welby, _Esquire_, of South
Rauceby, Lincolnshire. This esquire has said enough, should
he be believed, to settle ultimately the point of the truth
or falsehood of Godwin's notable doctrine, that we owe the
increase of our numbers chiefly to emigration. No sane
European would venture among us after having read Mr.
Welby's book. He discovered that, in Philadelphia, living