PAUL AND VIRGINIA. 



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he was accuftomed to frequent, with the compa- 

 nion of his infancy. He wandered along the path, 

 through which (he had gone, to afk pardon for 

 the Have of the Black River : he then vifited the 

 borders of the river of the Three Paps, where (he 

 had fat down, when unable to walk any farther, 

 and that part of the wood, in which (he had been 

 loft. Every place that recalled to his mind, the 

 inquietudes, the fports, the repafts, and the bene- 

 ficence of his much-loved Firginia-, the river of 

 the Long-Mountain, my little habitation, the 

 neighbouring cafcade, the papaya which (lie had 

 planted, the moflTy ground where (he delighted to 

 run, and the crofs-paths of the foreft where (lie 

 loved to (ing, each, by turns, caufed his tears to 

 flow : the very echoes which had, fo often, re- 

 peated the founds of their mutual joy, now re- 

 founded with nothing but thefe mournful cries ; 

 ** Firginia! Oh, my beloved Firginia T 



In this wild and wandering way of life, his eyes 

 grew hollow, his colour faded, and his health, gra- 

 dually, but perceptibly, declined. Being firmly 

 perfuaded that the fentimcnt of our misfortunes is 

 redoubled by the remembrance of the pleafures 

 which we once enjoyed, and that folitude only 

 gives an edge to the pafîions, I refolved to remove 

 my unfortunate friend from the places which ex- 

 cited the recoUedion of his lofs, and to convey 



him 



