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1. I shall say but little at present of their learning, which for many ages has flourished in all its branches among them but their manner of writing is very peculiar, being neither from the left to the right, like the Europeans nor from the right to the left, like the Arabians nor from up to down, like the Chinese nor from down to up, like the Cascagians but aslant, from one corner of the paper to the other, like ladies in England.