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 Ogil.] Might you not go to the mines of Mexico end Peru, where theſe little ſums will not be miſſed?

Cool.] No, Sir, for the ſame reaſon.

Ogil.] But, Cool, there is ſo much treaſure loſt in the ſea, you may eaſily dive into the bottom of it, ſearch that, and refund thoſe people their loſſes, where no man is injured.

Cool.] You are a little too forward this night, Sir, and inclined much to banter, what I have ſaid might ſatisfy you; but ſince it does not, I'll tell you further, that no ſpirits, good or bad, have power to take any money or gold: the good never do, tho' the bad, if one in an age, 'tis no ſmall quarrel, for if we were allowed them, then they would be very ſucceſsful in their buſineſs, and never fail of gaining their points.

Ogil.] What hinders them, Cool?

Cool.] Superior powers that guard and govern all.

Ogil.] You have ſatisfied me intirely upon that head, but pray, Cool, what is the reaſon that you cannot go to your wife yourſelf, and tell her what you have a mind; I ſhould think this a much ſurer way to gain your point.

Cool.) Becauſe I will not.

Ogil.] That does not ſatisfy me, Cool.

Cool.] That is one of the queſtions that I told you long ago, I would not anſwer, but if you go as I deſired, I promiſe to give you full ſatisfaction, after you have done your buſineſs: Truſt me for once, and believe me I will no: diſappoint you.

Upon the 10th of April 1724, coming from Old hermes upon the poſt-road, I met with Cool, upon the head of the path called the Peaſe. He aſked me if I had conſidered the matter he had recommended? I told him I had, and was in the ſame opinion I was in when we parted; that I could not poſſibly under take his commiſſion, unleſs he could give me it in writing under his hand. I told him that site liſt of the grievances were ſo great, that I could not posibly remember them without being in waiting, and that I wanted