It is a object to those who walk through this great town or travel in the country, when they see the streets, the roads, and doors, crowded with beggars of the female sex, followed by three, four, or six children, all in and every passenger for an . These mothers, instead of being able to work for their honest livelihood, are forced to employ all their time in strolling to beg sustenance for their helpless infants, who, as they grow up, either turn thieves for want of work, or leave their dear native country to fight for the Pretender in Spain, or sell themselves to the Barbadoes.
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Anyone walking through this city or the countryside must feel sad to see the streets crowded with women begging, with three, four or six ragged children bothering every passer-by for money. These mothers can't work honestly; they spend all their time begging food for their children, who grow up to become thieves, or leave to fight for the Pretender in Spain, or sell themselves into the Barbados.