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( 16 ) hore loads of mall fih were taken, not one would he uffer to be thrown in again, for he oberved, he hould never ee them more! —Game in the lat tate of putrefaction, and meat that walked about his plate, would he continue to eat, rather than have new things killed before the old proviion was exhausted!— With his diet, his dres kept pace, equally in the lat tage of abolute diolution! — Sometimes he would walk about with a tattered brown coloured hat; and ometimes with a white and red woolen cap!

When any friends, who might occaionally be with him, were absent, he would carefully put out his own fire, and walk to the houe of a neighbour; and thus make one fire erve both. — His hoes he never would uffer to be cleaned, let they hould be worn out the ooner. — But till, with all this elf-denial he thought himelf ever profue; and frequently aid, he mut be a little more careful of his property. — When he went to bed, he would put five or ten guineas into a bereau, and then, full of his money, after he had retired to ret, ometimes in the middle of the night, he would come down to ee if it was afe. —The irritation of his mind was unceaing! — He thought every body extravagant; and when a peron was talking to him one day of the great wealth of old Mr. Jennings, (who is uppoed to be worth a million, and that they had een him that day in a new carriage; Aye, aye, aid old Elwes, he will oon ee the end of his money!