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would rather lleep on the floor; adding, that they were accuftomed to it, and that it would be attended with no inconvenience. In reply, I told them I was a military man, and as much accuftomed  as themfelves to make the earth my bed.    We had long debates on this  point of politejfe ; theirs was ruftic, but more cordial and affedting than the beft turned compliments.    The refult was, that I had a two-bedded room for my-felf and my Aides de Camp.    But our acquaintance did not  terminate there : after parting from each other, I to take fome re-pofe, they to continue drinking their grog and cyder, they came into my room.    I was then employed in tracing my route by the map of the country -, this map excited their curiofity.    They faw  there with furprize and iatisfa£tion the places they had pafled through.    They afked  me   if they  were known in Europe, and if it was there I had bought my maps. On my afluring them that  we knew   America as  well   as  the countries   adjoining   to us,  they   feemed much pleafed ; but their joy was without bounds,  when they law New Hampshire,
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