4so| ANNUAL REGISTER, 1706. 
that we discovered how far ready 
furnished lodgings were from af- 
fording every article in the cata- 
logue of necessaries. We did not 
indeed give them a very scrupulous 
examination, for the place was so 
full, that when we arrived late at 
night, and tired with our journey, 
all the beds at the inn were taken 
up, and an easy chair and a carpet 
were all the accommodations we 
could obtain for our repose. The 
next morning, therefore, we ea- 
gerly engaged the first lodgings we 
found vacant, and have ever since 
been disputing about the terms, 
which from the hurry were not 
sufficiently ascertained ; and it. is 
not even yet settled whether the 
little blue garret which serves us 
as a powdering room, is ours of 
right or by favour. The want of 
all sorts of convenience is a con. 
stant excuse for the want of all 
order and neatness, which is so 
yisible in our apartment; and 
we are continually lamenting that 
we are obliged to buy things of 
which we have such plenty at 
home. 
It is my misfortune that T can 
do nothing without all my little 
conveniences about me; and in 
order to write a common letter, I 
must have my study table to jean 
my cibows on in sedentary luxury ; 
you will judge therefore how little 
I am able to employ my leisure, 
when I tell you, that the only 
re. they have been able to allot 
fer my use is so filled and crowded 
withmy daughter’s hat-boxes, bands 
boxes, wig-boxes, &c, that I can 
scaicely move about in it, and am 
this moment writing upon a spare 
trurk for want of atable, I am 
therefore driven to saunter about 
Wish the rest of the party ; but in- 
stead of the fine clumps of trees, 
and waving fields of corn I have 
been accustomed to have before my 
eyes, I see nothing but a naked 
beach, almost without a tree, ex- 
posed by turns to the cutting east- 
ern blast, and the glare ot a July 
sun, and covered with a sand 
equally painful to the eyes and to 
the feet. The ocean is indeed an 
object of unspeakable grandeur ; 
but when it has been contemplated 
in astorm and in a calm, when we 
have seen the sun rise out of its 
bosom, and the moon silver its ex- 
tended surface, its variety is ex- 
hausted, and the eye begins to re- 
quire the softer and more interest« 
ing scenes of cultivated nature. 
My family have indeed been per- 
suzded several times to enjoy the 
sea still more, by engaging in a 
hittle sailing party ; but as, un- 
fortunately, Northamptonshire has 
not afforded them any opportunity 
of becoming seasoned sailors, these 
parties of pleasure are always at- 
tended with the most dreadful sick- 
ness. This likewise I am told is 
very good for the constitution; it 
may be so for aught I know, but I 
confess I am apt to imagine that 
taking an emetic at home would be 
equally. salutary, and I am sure it 
would be more decent. Nor can I 
help imagining that my youngest 
daughter’s lover has been less 
assiduous, since he has contemplat. 
ed her in the indelicate situation of 
a ship cabin. I have endeavoured 
to amuse myself with the com. 
pany, but without much success; 
it consists of a few very great peo. 
ple, who make a set by themselves, 
and think they are entitled, by the 
freedom of a watering place, to 
indulge themselyes in all manner 
of poljisoynenies: and the rest is a 
motley 
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