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the glafs gone gayly round. It was one of 

 thofe few inftances, in which the medical 

 votary of the Naiads tranfgrefled his ge- 

 neral and Uriel fobriety. If not abfolutely 

 intoxicated, his fpirits were in a high Hate 

 of vinous exhilaration. On the boat ap- 

 proaching Nottingham, within the diftance 

 of a few fields, he furprifed his companions 

 by ftepping, without any previous notice, 

 from the boat into the middle of the river, 

 and fwimming to fhore. They faw him 

 get upon the bank, and walk coolly over 

 the meadows toward the town : they called 

 to him in vain, he did not once turn his 

 head. 



Anxious left he mould take a dangerous 

 cold by remaining in his wet clothes, and 

 uncertain whether or not he intended to 

 defert the party, they rowed inftantly to 

 the town, at which they had not defigned 

 to have touched, and went in fearch of 

 their river-god. 



In paffing through the market-place 

 F they 



