Alas! my dear deluded flock, return back to the duty you owe to God, to your country, and to me.

I shall yet perhaps one day see you in greater felicity here, and contribute to make your lives more happy.

But let it at least be my comfort when I pen my fold for immortality, that not one here shall be wanting.' They now seemed all repentance, and melting into tears, came one after the other to bid me farewell.

I shook each tenderly by the hand, and leaving them my blessing, proceeded forward without meeting any farther interruption.

Some hours before night we reached the town, or rather village; for it consisted but of a few mean houses, having lost all its former opulence, and retaining no marks of its ancient superiority but the gaol.
Upon entering, we put up at an inn, where we had such refreshments as could most readily be procured, and I supped with my family with my usual cheerfulness.