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vi INTRODUCTION.
most serious offence, especially in the west, because I
would not drink early in the morning or before dinner,
which is a general custom in the States, although
much more prevalent in the south and west,
where it is literally, 'Stranger, will you drink or
fight?"' This spirit of accommodation must have
opened up to Captain Marryat a large field of observation,
and enabled him successfully to describe
one portion of American life and manners: But during
my whole residence in the States, I never
drank, and never was even once asked to drink, at
the bar of any hotel. This is only one among many
circumstances which indicate that my sphere of observation
may have been widely different from his. I
may, therefore, be viewed as a witness, testifying to
some points different from those reported on by him.
The necessity for the labours of numerous observers
to elucidate so vast a subject will be readily recognised,
when we consider a few of the difficulties that
obstruct the path of each in his search after truth.
In America, as in other countries, the vast majority
even of educated and intelligent people, are conversant
chiefly with their own localities and circles,
and entertain some ideas regarding other places and
interests which an intelligent stranger soon perceives
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Combe, George, 1788-1858. Notes of the United States of North America, During a Phrenological Visit in 1898-9-40: Volume 1, book, 1841; Edinburgh, Scotland. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1028/m1/10/?q=%221838%3F%22&rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.