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86 Juvenile Letters. respect towards them. Here is a lesson for christians! Your letter has set me all on fire to read history. I want to go to Rome, to Jerusalem, to the River Euphrates, and even to Pekin in China. I am soon to begin the reading of Goldsmith's History of Greece, of Rome, and of England, abridged. Papa says I must read moderately, so that I may have time to digest what I read ; other wise it will be of little use to me. After perusing your letter, I had the curios ity to look over the map of Bruce's Travels. He makes the Nile to run through a lake. Some might consider that lake more properly the source of the river. I have heard that a late traveller into the interior of Africa sup poses that the celebrated Niger is no less than the river Nile. In Mr. Carey's late edition of the Bible, is a large map, exhibiting a view of the jour neyings of the Israelites through the des ert to the land of Canaan. That compre hends Juvenile Letter's 87 hends a part of the country included in Bruce's map. I am, dear Robert, Your friend and humble servant, AARON ADVENTURER, Master Robert Rover. [[Line]] [[Line]] LETTER XXXII. From Miss LAURA LYTTLETON to Miss MATILDA MAITLAND. Northampton, Jan. 10th, 1803. DEAR MATILDA, I HAVE the pleasure to inform you that I have lately been learning to spin. When I saw you last, I felt a little mortified, that you should find out I was entirely igno rant of that useful employment; though I thought I could then knit and sew, as well as girls in general of my age. The fact is, I was then attending school, every day. My mamma, you know, is an industrious woman; and though she is anxious to give her children
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