134 MEMOIRS OP 



From the Perfian Snow, at Dr. Dar- 

 win's, to Mils Po Felina, at the 

 Palace, Lichfteld. 



Lichfiekl Vicarage, Sept. /, 1760. 



Dear Mifs Pufley, 



As I fat, the other day, bafking my- 

 felf in the Dean's Walk, I faw you, in 

 your ftately palace, wafliing your beau- 

 tiful round face, and elegantly bonded 

 cars, with your velvet paws, and wh ilk ing 

 about, with graceful fmuofity, your mean- 

 dering tail. That treacherous hedgehog, 

 Cupid, concealed himfelf behind your 

 tabby beauties, and darting one of his 

 too well aimed quills, pierced, O cruel 

 imp ! my fluttering heart. 



Ever fince that fatal hour have I 

 watched, day and night, in my balcony, 

 hoping that the ftillnefs of the ftarlight 



evenings 



