2M3 THE BORDERERS. spoken, even with a strong accent, by ladies in the full costume of the other. These borderers are frequentlydisposed to be benevolent, partly from a warm temperament, partly from a conviction that charity is a duty. They profess to give whatever they can spare, but of that proportion they allow vanity, and not piety, to be the arbiter. If personal ornament, if habits of luxury, did not swallow up their money, charity would have it.' Charity is the next best thing to self-gratification. Should they continue their present course, and their numbers increase, or, as is commonly the case, should continual motion accelerate progress, the land- marks of separation between the several countries will insensibly be lost, and it will be difficult to define the exact limit- ations of the invading neighbours. It has frequently been regretted that an amicable accommodation between the adverse parties could not be accom- plished by the interference of this inter-
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