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Nebdl^* arrived^firfb àt Bok^sümesisth ffmtfwttteintb Mujtulÿt
i784.--0n;%nding* tbemuróber ansfl fize of themaën ©if. War.
then -in harbour* the! variety/of haufes,. and .the ramparts^
were alï olgëétsiof a^traâroh 5 hfe &§iBed-,^rtotall5/vaMdi'bed
inlilent furprîzeÿthat be. hadno.leiftjre to àfk anyqukfl^dnft*
^-The officer’ofthe Morse .«barged; with the .difpStehes
fettÉög off immediately forLoNBQN, Captain W.tfeSi©ig;j: |i®h
patient to fee ! Bis family, accompanied. him* :lea,yipg his
young traveller under tho^are bfcfôë brother* ito follow him
by a poach» which was | to fet off in the ., evening,..
foon as he reached town, he was conveyed to the Captgin.’ii
houle at'lloTHER,HiTiiK, where, .be was not, a little happy to
rejoin his adopted father, and-in being, introduced ïtojûs fa?
mily. '
i Though part of'his* journey had paffecLdiLCingrth©highfk
yet, with returning day, his- eyes. had. fulbbmplq]^^3fejg®L
every fide i and when he had gbt ter what Wa^bb^ to^^f
fi>r ferme time, his deftined home, he arrived.in all . the hak
tural glow of his youthful Ipirits; . Whatever has had mbfy
ferved iri lilence, was now eagerly difclofedr He defej-ib-
pd all the circumftances of his journey ; laid it was very
pleafant—that he had been put into a little houfej which
Was run away with by horfes—that he llept, but ftill was
going on ; and; whilft he went one way, the, fields* houfes,,
and trees, all wént another-—every thing, from the quick-
fiefe of travelling; appearing to him tp bp in fnotiqn,
At
' At the hour of-reft he Was Ihewn. by.Mr. M. Wilson up
to his chamber! where,: for the firfl; time, he faw a four-poll
bed; he could fcarce- conceive what- iMneant-^-he jumped
in, -and -jumped out .-again; felt: and ^pulled- alide the curtains
; -gof i-iMfo-bpd, '-and then got oshtl a^feebnd time, to ad-*
mire its exterior form. At length, having become acquainted
with its ufe and convenience, he laid himfelf down to
Beep, faying, that in England there was ji houfe for every
thing.- jfl
It was not, I believe, more than a week after hisiarrival,
-When -I was! invited, by tny late valued friend RokSRT Rash-
l e ig h , Efq. *to dinner, where Captain W il so n , ' -and.his
young charge, were expected.— L ee Boq;theh;poflfeffed hut
very little Englijhy yet, between words and ablion; made himfelf
tolerably underffood* and feepaed to comprehend the
‘gteateF part of what-was faid- to him, elpecMly; having the
Captain by him to explain whatever he did not cleanly .comprehend.—
He was dreft’ as an Engiijhtnan'yexoej^ihgifhaidie
wore his hair in the falhion of his own country; appeared
to be between nineteen and twenty years of age^wasnfa
middling ftature, and had a countenance fo ftrongly marked
with' fenlibility and :gb®b-hurhQur, that ff :inftandy;|jreyur
diced every one in his favour; and this countenance!was
enlivened by eyes fo quick and intelligent, that they might
•really be . faid . to announce his thoughts; .and; conceptions
without the aid of language.
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