Jefus. Wherever you go, whatever you do, do all in imitation of his temper and inclination; and look upon all as nothing, but that which exercises and increases the fpirit and life of Chrift in your fouls.Let this be your Christianity, your church, and your religion, and the judgment-day will be a charming fcene. If in this world, the will of the creature, as an offspring of the divine will, wills and works with the will of God, and labours, without ceafing, to come as 'near as mortals can, to the purity and perfection of the divine nature; then will the day of the Lord be a day of great joy, and with unutterable pleafure, you fhall hear that tremendous voice: Awake, ye dead, and come to judgment. In tranfports, and full of honour and glory, the wife and righteous, will hear the happy fentence, Come, ye blessed of my father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world."

This, and the skeleton, aftonished me not a little; and my wonder at the whole increafed, as I could find no human creature living, nor discover any house or cottage for an inhabitant. This I thought exceeded all the ftrange things I had feen in this wonderful country. But perhaps, (it occured at laft,) there might be a manfion in the woods before me, or fomewhere in the groves on either fide; and therefore, leaving the library,

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after I had spent an hour in it, I walked onwards, and came to a wood, which had private walks cut through it, and ftrewed with fand. They fhewed only light enough to distinguish the blaze of day from evening fhade, and had feats difperfed, to fit and liften to the chorus of the birds, which added to the pleasures of the foft filent place. For about three hundred yards the walk I was in extended, and then terminated in meadows, which formed an oval of twenty acres, furrounded by groves, like the large plain I came from. Exactly in the middle of these fields, part of which were turned into gardens, there ftood a very handsome stone house, and not far from the door of it, a fountain played. On either fide of the water was a garden-chair, of a very extraordinary make, curious and beautiful; and each of them stood under an ever-green oak, the broad leaved Ilex, a charming fhade.

A defcrip- §. 4. In one of thefe chairs fat an anJohn Hen- cient gentleman, a venerable man, whose ley, Efq; hair was white as filver, and his countenance had dignity and goodness. His dress and manner thewed him to be a person of fortune and diftinction, and by a fervant in waiting, it appeared, he was Lord of the feigneurie I was arrived at. He was tall and graceful, and had not the leaft ftoop, tho

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§. 5. On the fame chair, next to him, Defcripfat a young Lady, who was at this time juft tia Henley, . turned of twenty, and had fuch diffufive the grandcharms as foon new fired my heart, and gave of John my foul a softness even beyond what it had Henley, felt before. She was a little taller than the middle fize, and had a face that was perfectly beautiful. Her eyes were extremely fine; full, black, fparkling; and her converfation was as charming as her person; both easy, unconstrained, and sprightly...

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§. 6. When I came near two fuch per- A converfonages, I bowed low to the ground, and fation beafked pardon for intruding into their fine re- Henley, tirement. But the ftars had led me, a wan- the author. derer, to this delightful folitude, without the leaft idea of there being fuch a place in our island, and as their malignant rays had forced me to offend, without intending it, I hoped they would pardon my breaking in upon them.

To this the old Gentleman replied. You have not offended, Sir, I affure you, but are welcome to the Groves of Bafil. It gives me pleasure to see you here; for it is very feldom we are favoured with any one's com

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pany. It is hard to discover or make out a road to this place, as we are furrounded almoft by impaffable mountains, and a very dangerous morafs: Nor can I conceive how you found the way here without a guide, or ventured to travel this country, as there are no towns in this part of the county. There must be something very extraordinary in your cafe, and as you mentioned your being a wanderer, I should be glad to hear the cause of your journeying in this uninhabited region. But firft (Mr. Henley faid) as it is now near eight at night, and you must want refreshment, having met with no inn the whole day, we will go in to fupper. He then arofe, and brought me to an elegant parlour, where a table was foon covered with the best cold things, and we immediately fat down. Every eatable was excellent, and the wine and other liquors in perfection. Mifs Henley fat at the head of the table, her grandfather over-against her, and placed me at her right hand between them both. The young lady behaved in a very eafy genteel manner; and the old gentleman, with freedom, chearfulnefs, and good manners. 'Till nine this fcene lafted, and then Mr. Henley again requefted I would oblige him with an account of my travels in that part of the world. This I faid I would do in the best manner I could, and while he leaned back in his eafy chair,

and the beautiful Statia fastened her glorious eyes upon me, I went on in the following words.

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§. 7. I am an Englishman, Sir, but have A fummapaffed the greatest part of my life in Ireland, ry of the and from the western extremity of it I came. hiftory, My father is one of the rich men in that beginning kingdom, and was, for many years, the ten- of his 17th derest and most generous parent that ever fon arrival at was bleffed with. He spared no coft on my of Bafil in education, and gave me leave to draw upon 1727, in him, while I refided in the univerfity of the th Dublin five years, for what I pleased. Ex- age. travagant as I was in feveral articles, he never fet any bounds to my demands, nor asked me what I did with the large fums I had yearly from him. My happiness was his felicity, and the glory of his life to have me appear to the greatest advantage, and in the most respected character, that money can gain a man.

But at last, he married his fervant maid, an artful cruel woman, who obtained by her wit and charms fo great an afcendant over him, that he abandoned me, to raise a young nephew this stepmother had, to what fplendor and power the pleased. He had every thing he could name that money could procure, and was abfolute mafter of the house and land. Not a fhilling at this time could