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Rh and thought of viſiting, nay, ſettling in his native country for the remainder of his life.

Though impreſſed by the moſt lively ſenſe of gratitude, he had dropped his friend's correſpondence; yet, as he knew that he had a daughter, his firſt determination was to reſerve for her the greater part of his property, as the most ſubſtantial proof which he could give of his gratitude.—The thought pleaſed him, and that was ſufficient to divert him for ſome months; but accidentally hearing that his friend had been very unſucceſsful in trade, this information made him wiſh to haſten his return to his native country. Still a procraſtinating ſpirit poſſeſſed him, and he delayed from time to time the arduous taſk of ſettling his affairs, previous to his departure: he wrote, however, to England, and tranſmitted a conſiderable ſum to a correſpondent, deſiring that this houſe might be prepared for him, and the mortgage cleared.

I can ſcarcely enumerate the various delays that prevented his embarking; and when he arrived in England, he came here, Rh