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16 renewal of the treaties with Sir William Keith, the governor, in 1722, the Indians, as the highest compliment they could pay him, said, “We esteem and love you, as if you were William Penn himself.”

A French Officer, during his confinement in the Bastile, used to amuse himself with playing on the lute. He had long thus diverted his melancholy, when playing one day, he observed, to his great, a number of mice issuing from their , and even spiders creeping forth. He repeated the experiment with the same effect several times; and even found some entertainment in observing the attentive audience which he could assemble whenever he pleased. We have no reason to suppose this officer an Orpheus, yet it is certain that his lute captivated animals which might be supposed insensible to “the pleasure of sweet sounds.”

The Rev. Mr Hagamore of Catshoge, Leicestershire, was a very singular character. He died the 1st of January, 1776, possessed of the following effects, viz. £700. per annum, and £1000 in money, which, as he died intestate, fell to a ticket-porter in London. He kept