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 THE CITIZEN gave him the consequence du premier pas. By way of a show off, when we had been playing at three-card loo, till six in the morning, a post-chaise and four have been waiting to take him to cover. Dissipated and extravagant, he was glad at all times for me to take him out on a fishing excursion, having cards of permission for the different waters; on those occasions I took on myself to be the Sir Clement Cotterell, those con- ditions as master of the ceremonies, point d'extravagance. Pleased as he was to go with me to enjoy his favourite sport, the order of the day was, Live ell-not too well. Master Dashem was then obliged to lcave his ostentatious city manners at home, I, the piscatorial ami, taking him by the hand; it was rasano-piano, slow and sure; we then were ever d'accord. Such was my friend who accompanicd me to Benbam; and as my gig-horse was not good enough, his (as he said) having cost eighty guineas, and could trot sixtecn miles within the hour, his chaise of the last fashion, so preferable to mine; besides the bedizened livery of groom, so vastly genteel; our appearance would be more gentlemanlike and respected. He should have said, that on the road we should be more welcome as a couple of Flats to the inn- keepers, for the good of the house. However, I did not oppose his offer; though, being encumbered with his groom, it would have been cheaper for me (fifty-four miles), as we divided our expenses, to have made one day's journey, and paid my share for a post-chaise. Leaving town about twelve, our first stage was to the Windmill, Salt Hill. Forgetting myself at the time what a genteel companion I had with me, when I ought to have known better, I left him to order dinner; instead of for two, as if his eyes were larger than his stomach, he must have ordered dinner for six-such a display 47