Claiming an open mind, he expected for his adverse findings a readier credence.

For adverse to American political institutions these findings are in all their larger applications.

In every line Hall betrays himself as an old Tory of the 'twenties, fixed in his belief, and convinced of the perfection and unalterableness of the British Constitution.

Captain Hamilton, who wrote in 1833, was more frank in avowal of a purpose[15].

He states in his preface: "...