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( 8 ) horſes being completely rigged, we manned them, and the wind being S. W. tweney of us being in company, away we ſet oyer the Downs. In the time of half a watch we ſpied a hare under a full gale; we tacked, and ſtood after her: coming up cloſe, ſhe tacked, and we tacked, upon which tack I had like to have run aground; but getting cloſe, off I ſtood after her again; but as the devil would have it, just about to lay her aboard, bearing too much wind, I and my horſe overſet, and came keel upwards."

Frank travelling coto [sic] the north once, put up at a bye inn on the road, where he was rather diſſtreſſed for accommodations. "What," ſays he, "have you no cold meat in the houſe, landlord?" "No, Sir," ſays the hoſt, "we have not dreſſed any for ſome days, as my poor wife lies dead up ſtairs."—— "Zounds!" ſays Frank, "never complain again of your larder, for there is no cold meat equal to a dead wife."

Frank ſeeing a young lady of his acquaintance, in company with one Mr