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 15 Our hero exercising his profession at Milbury, where the 'squire's father lived, and to whom the son was come on a visit, Mr. Carew made appli- cation to him, and knocking at the door, on its being opened, saw the young 'squire sitting alone, whom Mr. Rhodes interrupted by saying he was twice in one day imposed on by that rogue Carew, of whose gang you may likely be : besides, I do not live here, but am a stranger. In the mean time comes the old 'squire, with a bottle of wine in his land, giving Carew a wink to let him under- stand he knew him, and then very gravely enquired into the circumstances of his misfortunes, and also of the affairs and inhabitants of Dartmouth, from whence he pretended to have sailed several times of all which he gave a full and particular account: whereupon the old 'squire gave him half-a-crown, and the young one the same; on which Carew and the old man burst into laughter, and discovered the whole affair, at which 'Squire Rhodes was a little chagrined at being imposed on a third time; but on recollecting the expertness of the performer, was well satisfied, and they spent the remainder of the day in mirth and jollity. At Bristol he dressed himself like a poor mecha- nic, and then going out into the streets, acted the religious madman, talking in a raving manner about Messrs. Whitfield and Wesley, as though he was disordered in his mind by their preaching : calling in a furious manner, every step, upon the Virgin Mary, Pontius Pilate, and Mary Magdalene, and acting every part of a man religiously mad. Sometmes walking with his eyes fixed upon the ground, and then on a sudden he would break out in some passionate expressions about religion. This behaviour greatly excited the curiosity and