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saloon, and proclaimed the king’s health, the health of the queen, and of the royal family; then the army and navy, with their respective commanders, the knights, and the ladies in general. Each of these toasts was followed by a flourish of music; and after supper we returned to the ball-room, where we continued to dance till four in the morning.

“ Such, my dear friend, is the description, though a very faint one, of the splendid entertainment given by our army to their general.”

NOTE E, page 29.

WHEN the crisis at length arrived which brought the Americans to abjure their allegiance to the crown of Great Britain, it is well known,that many who were most vigorously opposedto the measures of ministers, experienced the strongest feelings of affection for the country of their ancestors, when the sense of duty to the cause they engaged in, and to the land they lived in and obtained their subsistence from, influenced them to act contrary to the inclination of their hearts.

NOTE F, page 40.

IT is usually believed, that the first Congress which assembled in America, was on occasion of the troubles that brought on thewar of independence. A Congress was, however, held half a century before, and occasionally afterwards, for the purpose chiefly of planning measures to defend the frontiers against the Indians. In 1754, a Congress met, under the suggestion made by the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, in order to consider the best means of defending the colonies against the French.

NOTE G, page 47.

WE have, by conceding a participation in our valuable fisheries to the .“Xmericans, given them the most effectual means ofinurcasing