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 riding fast that she galloped all the way. You may be sure that we were in a fine perspiration when we came to our place of resting. Fanny has taken a great many Drawings of the Country, which are very beautiful, tho' perhaps not such exact resemblances as might be wished, from their being taken as she ran along. It would astonish you to see all the Shoes we wore out in our Tour. We determined to take a good Stock with us and therefore each took a pair of our own besides those we set off in. However we were obliged to have them both capped and heel-peicedpieced [sic] at Carmarthen, and at last when they were quite gone, Mama was so kind as to lend us a pair of blue Sattin [sic] Slippers, of which we each took one and hopped home from Hereford delightfully——


 * I am your ever affectionate

Elizabeth Johnson.

A TALE.

GENTLEMAN whose family name I shall conceal, bought a small Cottage in Pembrokeshire about two years ago. This daring Action was suggested to him by his elder Brother who promised to furnish two rooms and a Closet for him, provided he would take a small house 172