[ s ! 
He was difappointed of vifiting that country by this 
circumftance, as the Swedlfb army was particularly afi 
fiduousin confining Grangers, and thofe who could not 
give a good account of themfelves when they happen- 
ed to meet with them. But notwith flan ding all his 
precaution, lie was confined by the Dariijk guard, who 
erroneoufly fuppofed him a fpy employed by the. 
enemy to obtain intelligence of their defigns. How¬ 
ever, by procuring teftimonials of his innocence, a 
releafe was granted. 
In July he embarked for England, but the fhip r on 
its arrival at Sally, was detained by contrary winds. 
During his confinement here, his leifure time was 
chiefly taken up with fifhing, and filch other amufe- 
ments as his fituation would admit of; and was not 
a little delighted with the vaft cliffs of that romantic 
iffand, and the harfli clamours of its feathered inha¬ 
bitants. Soon after hisarrival in London, he retired 
to his native place, where he fpent the winter. But 
being defirous of vifiting, France, went by way of 
Dieppe to ‘Paris, in 1719 ; and having feen its curiofh* 
ties, took a lodging in a village called Greencourt, in 
the great park of Verfailks: but to his no final! moiv 
€> tification^ 
