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But Mac — faw no difficulty, provided he 

 could only prevail upon the crew of any boat 

 to take him from the fhore. He ftill looked 

 towards us, and ftill fancied that he diftinguifh- 

 ed our (hip, lying to waiting for him and the 

 cow. Again, and again he folicited the boat- 

 men to take him off, either with, or without 

 the cow. But all was unavailing ; the (hips 

 would, neceflarily, be at fea, before the boats 

 could get near them ; and to overtake the 

 Lord Sheffield was, abfolutely, impoffible. 

 Poor Mac — , at length, began to difcover that 

 he had proceeded rafhly, and without well 

 calculating the means of fuccefs : but he ftill 

 curfed the unconfcious cow, and abufed the 

 fates for the lofs of his paffage, and his bag- 

 gage ! 



Thus it ever is with the improvident — 

 whether regarding his time, his fortune, or his 

 purfuits. The errors of imprudence he never 

 fails to attribute to misfortune, and he unjuftly 

 charges upon the fates what is only the refult 

 of his own folly or negleft. And, here, my 

 friend, I cannot but remark how common it 

 is to others, as well as to our thoughtlefs 

 Mac — to quarrel with misfortune, whenever 



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