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|>endous rock hanging over us, fortified with 

 many tiers of cannon. 



We alfo availed ourfelves of this ex- 

 curfion to make a vifit to our friends on board 

 the George and Bridget, which fhip appears 

 ftill moTtfombre and uncomfortable, after wit- 

 neffing the neatnefs of the Lord Sheffield. 



Having to pafs another night or two at 

 Portfmouth, and finding that a company of 

 players had arrived, we took the opportunity 

 of vifiting the theatre. The performance, as 

 might be expedled, was ires mediocre^ yet 

 it might have pafTed off tolerably well, and 

 with fufficient amufement for the evening, 

 but for an unhappy interruption, which arofe 

 from fome of the adors oppofing the will of 

 the audience, refpeding a fong, and intro- 

 duced a fcene of tumult and diforder, very 

 like what I before mentioned to you from 

 Southampton. 



The performers at the country theatres 

 do not feem to feel, like thofe of the London 

 boards, how much they arc the fervants of the 



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