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terous watermen, confequently the better adapted to the fishery: In their manners, they are lefs favage and impetuous than their countrymen on the continent; and they speak the Erfe or Gaelic in its greatest purity.

HAVING fent round our horses by land, we embarked in the district of Cowal for Greenock, which is a neat little town, on the other fide of the Frith, with a curious harbour, formed by three ftone jetties, carried out a good way into the fea-New Port Glasgow is such another place, about two miles higher up-Both have a face of business and plenty, and are fupported entirely by the shipping of Glasgow, of which I counted fixty large veffels in thefe harbours.-Taking boat again at Newport, we were in less than an hour landed on the other fide, within two fhort miles of our head-quarters, where we found our women in good health and fpirits. They had been, two days before, joined by Mr Smollet and his lady, to whom we have fuch obligations as I cannot mention, even to you, without blushing.

TO-MORROW we fhall bid adieu to the Scots Arcadia, and begin our progress to the fouthward, taking our way by Lanark and Nithsdale, to the weft borders of England. I have received fo much advantage and fatisfaction from this tour, that, if my health fuffers no revolution in the winter, I believe I fhall be tempted to undertake another expedition to the northern extremity of Caithness, unincumbered by thofe impediments which now clog the heels of

Yours,

Cameron, Sept. 6.

MATT. BRAMBLE.

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To Mifs LETITIA WILLIS, at Gloucefter.

MY DEAREST LETTY,

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FEVER did poor prisoner long for deliverance more than I have longed for an opportunity to disbur den my cares into your friendly bofom; and the occafion which now prefents itself is little lefs than miraculous.-Honeft Saunders M'Awley, the travelling Scotchman, who goes every year to Wales, is now at Glafgow, buying goods, and coming to pay his refpects to our family, has undertaken to deliver this letter into your own hand.-We have been fix weeks in Scotland, and feen the principal towns of the kingdom, where we have been treated with great civility. The people are very courteous; and the country being exceedingly romantic, fuits my turn and inclinations. I contracted fome friendships at Edinburgh, which is a large and lofty city, full of gay company; and, in particular, commen ced an intimate correfpondence with one Mifs R-t-n, an amiable young lady of my own age, whofe charms feemed to foften, and even to fubdue, the stubborn heart of my brother Jery; but he no fooner left the place, than he relapfed into his former infenfibility.-I feel, however, that this indifference is not the family conftitution-I never admitted but one idea of love, and that has taken fuch root in my heart, as to be equally proof against all the pulls of difcretion, and the frofts of neglect.

DEAR LETTY! I had an alarming adventure at the hunters ball in Edinburgh-While I fat difcourfing with a friend in a corner, all at once the very image of Wil fon stood before me, dreffed exactly as he was in the character of Aimwell!-It was one Mr Gordon, whom I had not feen before. Shocked at the fudden apparition, I fainted away, and threw the whole affembly into confufion. However, the cause of my diforder remained a fecret to every body but my brother, who was likewife ftruck with the resemblance, and fcolded after we came home. I am very fenfible of Jery's affection,

and know he spoke as well with a view to my own intereft and happinefs, as in regard to the honour of the family; but I cannot bear to have my wounds probed feverely. I was not fo much affected by the cenfure he paffed upon my own indifcretion, as with the reflection he made on the conduct of Wilfon-He obferved, that, if he was really the gentleman he pretended to be, and harboured nothing but honourable defigns, he would have vindicated his pretenfions in the face of day. This remark made a deep impreffion upon my mind-I endeavoured to conceal my thoughts; and this endeavour had a bad effect upon my health and spirits; so it was thought neceffary that I fhould go to the Highlands, and drink goat-milk whey.

We went accordingly to Loch Lomond, one of the moft enchanting fpots in the whole world; and what with this remedy, which I had every morning fresh from the mountains, and the pure air, and cheerful company, I have recovered my flesh and appetite; though there is fomething ftill at bottom, which it is not in the power of air, exercife, company, or medicine to remové. Thefe incidents would not touch me fo nearly, if I had a fenfible confidant to fympathize with my affliction, and comfort me with wholefomé advice. I have nothing of this kind, except Win Jenkins, who is really a good body in the main, but very ill qualified for fuch an office. The poor creature is weak in her nerves, as well as in her understanding; otherwife I might have known the true name and character of that unfortunate youth.-But why do I call him unfortunate? -perhaps the epithet is more applicable to me, for having liftened to the falfe profeffions of-But hold-I have as yet no right, and sure I have no inclination, to believe any thing to the prejudice of his honour. In that reflection I fhall ftill exert my patience. As for Mrs Jenkins, fhe herself is really an object of compaffion-Between vanity, Methodifm, and love, her head is almost turned. Ifhould have more regard for her, however, if she had been more conftant in the object of her affection; but, truly, fhe aimed at conqueft, and flirted at the fame time with my uncle's footman, Humphry Clinker, who is really a deferving young man, and

one Dutton, my brother's valet de chambre, a debauched fellow, who, leaving Win in the lurch, ran away with another man's bride at Berwick.

MY DEAR WILLIS, I am truly afhamed of my own fex. We complain of advantages which the men take of our youth, inexperience, fenfibility, and all that; but I have feen enough to believe, that our fex in general make it their business to enfnare the other; and for this purpose employ arts which are by no means to be justified. In point of conftancy, they certainly have nothing to reproach the male part of the creation. My poor aunt, without any regard to her years and imperfections, has gone to market with her charms in every place where fhe thought she had the leaft chance to difpofe of her perfon, which, however, hangs ftill heavy on her hands. I am afraid she has used even religion as a decoy, though it has not answered her expectation-She has been praying, preaching, and catechifing among the Methodists, with whom this country abounds; and pretends to have such manifestations and revelations, as even Clinker himself can hardly believe, though the poor fellow is half crazy with enthusiasm. As for Jenkins, The affects to take all her mistress's reveries for gospel— She has also her heart-heavings and motions of the fpirit; and, God forgive me if I think uncharitably, but all this feems to me to be downright hypocrify and deceit. Perhaps, indeed, the poor girl imposes on herfelf-She is generally in a flutter, and is much fubject to vapours-Since we came to Scotland, fhe has feen apparitions, and pretends to prophecy. If I could put faith in all these fupernatural vifitations, I should think myself abandoned of grace; for I have neither feen, heard, nor felt any thing of this nature, although I endeavour to discharge the duties of religion with all the fincerity, zeal, and devotion that is in the power of,

Dear Letty,

Glasgow, Sept. 7.

Your ever affectionate

LYDIA MELFORD.

We are fo far on our return to Brambletonhall; and I would fain hope we fhall take Gloucester in our way,

in which cafe I fhall have the inexpreffible pleasure of embracing my dear Willis.-Pray remember me to my worthy governess.

To Mrs MARY JONES, at Brambletonhall.

DEAR MARY,

S

UNDERS MACULLY, the Scotchman, who pufhes directly for Vails, has promifed to give it you into your own hand, and therefore I would not miss the opportunity to let you now as I am still in the land of the living; and yet I have been on the brink of the other world fince I fent you my last letter. We went by fea to another kingdom, called Fife, and, coming back, had like to have gone to pot in a storm.-What between the frite and ficknefs, I thought I fhould have brought my heart up; even Mr Clinker was not his own man for eight and forty hours after we got afhore.-It was well for fome folks that we 'fcaped drownding; for miftrefs was very frexious, and feemed but indifferently prepared for a change; but, thank God, fhe was foon put in a better frame by the private exaltations of the Reverend Mr Macrocodile.-We afterwards churned to Starling and Grafcow, which are a kipple of handsome towns; and then we went to a gentleman's house at Loff Loming, which is a wonderful fea of fresh water, with a power of hylands in the midft on't-They fay as how it has got ne'er a bottom, and was made by a mufician-and, truly, I believe it; for it is not in the coarse of nature. It has got waves without wind, fift without fins, and a floating hyland; and one of them is a crutch-yard, where the dead are buried; and always before the perfon dies, a bell rings of itself to give warning.

O MARY! this is the land of congyration-The bell knolled when we were there-I faw lights, and heard lamentations. The gentleman, our landlord, has got another house, which he was fain to quit, on account of a mifchievous ghoft, that would not fuffer people to

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