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fo have {lopped in the village while the town 

 was open : I was therefore obliged to calculate 

 very nicely, and to afTume the appearance of 

 having rode furioufly to reach the town in time. 

 I managed this manoeuvre fo fuccefsfully that 

 the inhabitants of the fuburbs, concluding that 

 I was in as great hafie as I appeared to be, of- 

 ficioufly called to me as I palled, that I might 

 ntbderate my fpeed, for that I was too late to 

 pafs the gates. I however galloped on, 

 with feeming anxiety, to the barrier, which I 

 found fhut. This was what I wanted ; fo, with 

 apparent difappointment, I returned to the 

 fuburbs, and went into tho firft public-houfe I 

 faw. 



Here I ordered refrefliment for my horfes and 

 myfclf, pretending that I mull' be ready to go 

 into the town as foon as I could obtain admif- 

 fion; but having during the evening met with a 

 perfon who had formerly fervcd me', and in 

 whom I could place confidence, I opened my 

 mind to him, and he confented to be my guide 

 round the town. In the dead of night there- 

 fore, when all was quiet, I again mounted my 

 horfc, and fet out, acconipanied by my guide, 

 who conduded me fo well, that before day-light 

 Jfie left me within fight of my dired road. 



As the day approached, I confulted with my 

 fervant, when we determined, that if we fell in 



with 



