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It was neceflary to feparate. I depart," Md 
he, previous to his quitting me^ perfedlj 
tranquil as to every thing which relates to 
" yourfelf : I have recommended yon to my 
" mofl intimate friends, whofe care you will 
" experience, and for whom I can ailfwer as 
" faithfully as for myfelf. i\!eanvv^hile, that I 
may not, when abfent, be totally imcon- 
nefted with your grand expedition ; I Vv^ifli 
" to contribute to it afev/ trifles, that are no 
*' longer neceilliry to me, and which I beg you 
" to accept : they are my two hunters, my 
" two fufees, and, in fliort, to fave you the 
" trouble of lidening to a dry catalogue of in- 
fignificant articles, my whole fporting ac- 
^' coutrements.'' 
1 was fo oppreiTed that I could not anfwer. 
Without giving me time to ipeak, he pointed 
to a mcrning-gov/n placed on a chair, for which 
I had obferved in him a particular prediledion,- 
though he feldom wore it except upon certain 
fixed days. The ftuil/' faid he, " of wdiich 
this garment is made, was once worn by my 
" mother, who, upon my departure for Africa, 
entreated I would wear it in my turn out of 
" love to her, as a monument of her affeclion 
