rnsailsismorelegibleandinterestingnowthaniftheyshouldbewroughtintopaperandprintedbooks.Whocanwritesographicallythehistoryofthestormstheyhaveweatheredastheserentshavedone?Theyareproof-sheetswhichneednocorrection.HeregoeslumberfromtheMainewoods,whichdidnotgoouttoseainthelastfreshet,risenfourdollarsonthethousandbecauseofwhatdidgooutorwassplituppine,spruce,cedar,—first,second,third,andfourthqualities,solatelyallofonequality,towaveoverthebear,andmoose,andcaribou.NextrollsThomastonlime,aprimelot,whichwillgetfaramongthehillsbeforeitgetsslacked.Theseragsinbales,ofallhuesandqualities,thelowestconditiontowhichcottonandlinendescend,thefinalresultofdress,—ofpatternswhicharenownolongercriedup,unlessitbeinMilwaukie,asthosesplendidarticles,English,French,orAmericanprints,ginghams,muslins,&c.,gatheredfromallquartersbothoffashionandpoverty,goingtobecomepaperofonecolororafewshadesonly,onwhichforsoothwillbewrittentalesofreallife,highandlow,andfoundedonfact!Thisclosedcarsmellsofsaltfish,thestrongNewEnglandandcommercialscent,remindingmeoftheGrandBanksandthefisheries.Whohasnotseenasaltfish,thoroughlycuredforthisworld,sothatnothingcanspoilit,andputtingtheperseveranceofthesaintstotheblush?withwhichyoumaysweeporpavethestreets,andsplityourkindlings,andtheteamstershelterhimselfandhisladingagainstsunwindandrainbehindit,—andthetrader,asaConcordtraderoncedid,hangitupbyhisdoorforasignwhenhecommencesbusiness,untilatlasthisoldestcustomercannottellsurelywhetheritbeanimal,vegetable,ormineral,andyetitshallbeaspureasasnowflake,andifitbeputintoapotandboiled,willcomeoutanexcellentdunfishforaSaturday’sdinner.NextSpanishhides,withthetailsstillpreservingtheirtwistandtheangleofelevationtheyhadwhentheoxenthatworethemwerecareeringoverthepampasoftheSpanishmain,—atypeofallobstinacy,andevincinghowalmosthopelessandincurableareallconstitutionalvices.Iconfess,thatpracticallyspeaking,whenIhavelearnedaman’srealdisposition,Ihavenohopesofchangingitforthebetterorworseinthisstateofexistence.AstheOrientalssay,“Acur’stailmaybewarmed,andpressed,andboundroundwithligatures,andafteratwelveyears’laborbestoweduponit,stillitwillretainitsnaturalform.”Theonlyeffectualcureforsuchinveteraciesasthesetailsexhibitistomakeglueofthem,whichIbelieveiswhatisusuallydonewiththem,andthentheywillstayputandstick.HereisahogsheadofmolassesorofbrandydirectedtoJohnSmith,Cuttingsville,Vermont,sometraderamongtheGreenMountains,whoimportsforthefarmersnearhisclearing,andnowperchancestandsoverhisbulk-headandthinksofthelastarrivalsonthecoast,howtheymayaffectthepriceforhim,tellinghiscustomersthismoment,ashehastoldthemtwentytimesbeforethismorning,thatheexp