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travelled very patiently, not dreaming that
he was in the wrong coach. ,

At last he reached the termination of his

journey, and having taken a dong night’s
repose, he dressed himself carefully, selected
his letters of introduction, and, calling the
waiter, showed, him the inscriptions of these
letters, and intimated that he wished to
go to the persons to whom they were ad-
dressed.
_ The man stared in the traveller’s face,
and uttered a good deal. of incomprehensible
French. The American talked English, but
all to no purpose. At last the waiter left the
traveller in despair, and called his master.
He was as’ much puzzled as the servant, and
finally, as the only resort, sent out for an
Englishman living in the town, to come and
see an American gentleman who was out of
his mind.

The Englishman came, and the American
stated his grievance. “ Here,” said he,
showing his letters, “are some letters of in-

uction to several gentlemen in this city,
‘and Iwant these stupid people to take me
sto them: biit}they only gaze in my face,

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