CHARLES WATERT0N, ESQ. lv 



Bacchus, and Ceres; after which we put the 

 last impediment to the restoration of health, by 

 destroying the peace of the mind at the 

 gambling table ; there to be flayed alive by 

 courteous butchers, to whom the government, 

 and the inhabitants, and the visiters themselves, 

 give every encouragement in the exercise of 

 their terrible and cruel calling. There they 

 are, and there they will continue by the united 

 consent and countenance of all parties con- 

 cerned ; and there they will ease thousands of 

 their last farthing, by a process so pleasing, so 

 engaging, and at the same time so treacherous, 

 that neither youth nor age, nor sex, nor cha- 

 racter, can show fortitude enough to make an 

 effectual stand against it. 



Nothing can be more charming in warm and 

 sunny weather, than the rural walks on the 

 wooded hill of Louisberg just above the town. 

 When you are sitting on the bench at the top 

 near the column, and casting your eye on the 

 surrounding scenery, you will say, that as a 

 whole, there cannot be a finer or a richer sight. 

 The Ardennes appear to great advantage. At 

 my last visit to the Louisberg, a pair of ravens 

 came and soared over my head, and exercised 



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