Various OBSERVATIONS and REFLECTIONS, made in several Parts of the WORLD, AND Many extraordinary RELATIONS. Μέμνησο, ὅτι ὑποκριτὴς εὖ δράματος, ὅικ ἂν θέλῃ Arr. Epic. L. III. C. 22. Enchirid. C. 23. IN FOUR VOLUMES. VOL. III. A NEW EDITION. LONDON: Printed for T. BECKET and P. A. DEHONDT, MD CCLXX. I Na book published in the year 1756, I related the principal tranfactions of my life, from my entrance into the univerfity to the day of my marriage, in the year 1725; and endeavoured, by the way, to entertain my Readers with a variety of notions and remarks. I now proceed to tell the remainder of my ftory, and to lay before the Public fome more more of my obfervations and hints: This fecond part is chiefly a further vindication of myself; and the observations I add on fubjects and matters of various kinds, are such reflections as refulted from the reason and (iv) and nature of things, and were formed by a judgment free, and unbiaffed by any authority. My own apology is the principal thing, interfperfed with real characters of feveral forts; and the additions to it, are as many folid, natural, and delicate adventitious things as came in my way. This is my book. I write with modefty, and I purpofe to do good. Í imagine then, that all Critics (except the Critical Reviewers) will wink at the blemishes of a laudable writing, Scholars and men of fenfe (who are above malevolence and the fupercilious temper,) can bear deformities in a long work, and juftly lay them on the imperfection of human nature. They know it is incapable of faultlefs productions. FELICES. CONTENTS THIRD VOLUM E. HE author's apology for the married: 2 The hiftory of Orlando and Belinda, recti- fied from a miftake in the Tatler J J2 15 4 The author's manner of living at Orton- 5 Defcription of Glencrow water-falls, and of the great age and fize of carp and tench in a fenny water near Orton-lodge 16 7 (1. Defeription of the black cock, the moor cock, and the cock of the woods) 18, 19 |