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Sancho Panza is a type for him, since that in spite
of every effort to do his duty no dog could be worse
treated. It is easy to understand that a member
of the Pope-Swift-Bolingbroke circle in England
should have found the social atmosphere of early
New York far from exhilarating; and it is equally
easy to comprehend that the pioneers of the New
World resented his mismanagement of the cam-
paign of 1711 against Canada and his assertion of
the English Government's right to tax the colo-
nists without the consent of the colonial Govern-
ments. But perhaps Hunter and the people
appreciated each other more than either realized,
for when he took leave in 1719 his words were
warmly affectionate and his address embodied
the exhortation: "May no strife ever happen
amongst you but that laudable emulation who
shall approve himself the most zealous servant and
most dutiful subject of the best of Princes." And
in response to this farewell address the colony of
New York assured Governor Hunter that he
had governed well and wisely, "like a prudent
magistrate, like an affectionate parent," and that
the good wishes of his countrymen followed him
wherever he went.

It would be pleasant to dwell on this picture of