APPENDIX, (9) 



til iii& fchemes', snd all his projedls. And while I live, 1 mufl Account of lora 

 €yer retain a warm remembrance of the pleafure I then enjoyed 

 in his fociety. 



" The day I meant to fet ont on my return, he was feized 

 with a flight indifpoiition, which he feemed to think fomewhat 

 ferious ; and, indeed, if he had a weaknefs, it confifted in ra- 

 ther too great anxiety with regard to his health. I remained 

 with him till he thought himfelf almoft perfedlly recovered ; 

 and, in order to avoid the unpleafant ceremony of taking 

 leave, I refolved to fteal away early in the morning, before any 

 of the family fhould be aftir. About daybreak I got up, and 

 let myfelf out. At the door I found an old and favourite dog 

 of my friend's, who immediately came and fawned upon me. 

 He walked with me through the park. At the gate he flopped, 

 and looked up wilhfully in my face ; and, though I do not 

 well knov^r how to account for it, I felt, at that moment w^hen 

 I parted with the faithful animal, a degree of tendernefs, joined 

 with a melancholy fo pleafing, that I had no inclination to 

 check it. In that frame of mind I walked on (for I had or- 

 dered my horfes to wait me at the firft flage) till I reached the 

 fummit of a hill, which I knew commanded the laft view I 

 fhould have of the habitation of my friend. I turned to look 

 back on the delighful fcene. As I looked, the idea of the owner 

 came full into my mind ; and, while I contemplated his many 

 virtues and numberlefs amiable qualities, a fuggeftion arofe, if 

 he fhould be cut off, what an irreparable lofs it would be to his 

 family, to his friends, and to fbciety. In vain I endeavoured to 

 combat this melancholy foreboding, by refledling on the un- 

 common vigour of his conflitution, and the fair profpe<5l it af- 

 forded of his enjoying many days. The impreilion ftill recur- 

 red, and it was fome confiderable time before I had ftrength 

 of mind fufficient to conquer it. 



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