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offence_n to_o any_o person_n whatever_o but_o only_o to_o write_v the_o truth_n without_o partiality_n or_o dissimulation_n chap._n xxxiii_o of_o the_o pleasantness_n and_o frutfulness_n of_o the_o country_n of_o the_o savage_n that_o powerful_a colony_n may_v be_v easy_o settle_v in_o the_o northern_a and_o southern_a part_n before_o we_o enter_v upon_o a_o particular_a description_n of_o those_o pleasant_a country_n which_o be_v situate_v to_o the_o north_n and_o south_n of_o northern_a america_n it_o will_v be_v expedient_a to_o speak_v a_o word_n or_o two_o concern_v the_o northern_a territory_n to_o the_o end_n that_o it_o may_v appear_v from_o thence_o that_o powerful_a colony_n may_v be_v easy_o establish_v therein_o it_o must_v be_v acknowledge_v indeed_o that_o there_o be_v vast_a forest_n to_o be_v clear_v from_o canada_n to_o the_o land_n of_o lovisiana_n along_o the_o bank_n of_o the_o river_n meschasipi_n so_o that_o much_o time_n must_v of_o necessity_n be_v spend_v in_o 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