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 "Lord Mayor of London," said he, to himself, "what would not one endure to be "Lord Mayor of London, and ride in such a fine "coach!! Well, I’ll go back again, and bear "all the pummelling and ill-usage of Cicely, "rather than miss the opportunity of being "!"—So home he went, and happily got into the house and about his business before Mrs Cicely made her appearance. We must now follow Miss Puss to the coast of Africa, to that coast where Dido expired for loss of AEneas.How perilous are voyages at sea, how uncertain the winds and the waves, and how many accidents attend a naval life!

The ship, which had the cat on board, was long beaten at sea, and at last, by contrary winds, driven on a part of the coast of Barbary, which was inhabited by Moors unknown to the English. These people received our countrymen with civility, and therefore the captain, in order to trade with them, shewed them patterns of the goods he had on board, and lent some of them to the king of the country, who was so well pleased, that he sent for the Captain and the Factor to his palace which was about a mile from the sea. Here they were placed, according to the custom of the country, on rich carpets, flowered with gold and silver; and the king and queen being seated at the upper end of the room, dinner was brought