reflections that excited them, my heart melts into sympathy.

Alas! it is easy to perceive, that this amiable young woman is not to be numbered with the happy. Perhaps her present situa tion is peculiarly unfortunate. Perhaps she has there been destined to experience the cold reception, the unfeeling neglect, of some little, narrow, selfish mind, to whose attentions she had been particularly recommended by her departed relatives. Perhaps some friend of her brother.--But no; the real friends of Percy were, like himself, noble, generous, and good. Far from being capa ble of dishonouring the memory of their friend by neglecting to perform the rites of hospitality to his sister, they have taken an interest in her feelings, and by acts of kindness and attention have endeavoured to promote her happiness. And surely for no act of kindness can the sister of Percy be ungrateful to the friends of her brother!

The loss of Delomond, and the melancholy letter of Miss Percy, dwelt upon my

spirits, and sunk them to a state of unusual depression. I spent the night in sadness, and early in the morning went in search of my friend, the philosopher, whose conversation is to me as the rod of Krishna, which no sooner touched the eyes of Arjoon, than he saw the figure of truth, as it appears unto the Gods themselves. This amiable friend had of late been so much engrossed by his scientifick pursuits, that I had enjoyed little of his company. He received me with an air of unusual vivacity. "When I last saw you," said he, "I am afraid I must have appeared strangely inattentive; but, in truth, my mind was at that time very much embarrassed, and almost solely occupied on a subject which I did not then choose to speak of, but which I shall now fully explain. You must know, that I had lately entered on a course of experiments, more interesting than any in which I have ever yet engaged, and from which, I had no doubt, a most important discovery would result. I found it, however, altogether im

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possible to go on without the assistance of an additional apparatus, the price of which was far more than I could afford. fifty pounds! Little less than a quarter of a year's rent of my whole estate! What was I to do? bespeak it of the artizan, without having the money ready to pay for it? This would be nothing less than an act of wilful dishonesty, for dishonesty, either to one's self or others, running in debt always is.

"Could I hope to save it by retrenching any of my ordinary expences? I calculated every thing, even to living on bread and water, but found it impossible. I had, then, nothing for it, but to relinquish my plan entirely, and since could not carry it on myself, to communicate my ideas upon the subject to some more opulent philosopher, by whose means the benefit of the discovery might be still given to the world. my friend," interrupted I, "I now see that you have no regard for me, or you would have given me the enviable pleasure, the delight of being able to say to myself, that I

"Ah!

too, ignorant as I am, I too have contributed my feeble aid to the advancement of Science and the benefit of Society." "You are very good," returned the Doctor, "and I have no doubt of your generosity. But as the action of heat evaporates fluids, so does the borrowing of money in my opinion, destroy the independence of the soul that independence which gives life and energy to virtue, without which it becomes incapable of being exerted to any truly useful purpose. No; what I cannot effect by the means which Divine Providence has put into my power, I think is not intended by Providence that I should effect at all.

"I was therefore quietly employing myself in unfixing that great retort; when this morning a letter was brought me from my agent in the country, informing me of his having obtained for me, from a neighbouring 'Squire, the sum of fifty pounds, for damages done me by taking, through mistake, a piece of my ground into one of his inclosures. Which sum he inclosed to me

in a letter. Thus, you see, my dilemma is quite at an end. I shall now go on with spirit; and as I need lose no more time, I am just going into the city to give the necessary directions to the work-people; who, if they are any way diligent, may have the whole apparatus completely finished in a week." As he spoke, I contemplated with delight the glow of pleasure which animated his finely expressive countenance; a pleasure so different from the sparkling extacy of passion, that merely to have beheld it would have been sufficient to convince the most devoted sensualist of the superiority of mind over every enjoyment of

mere sense.

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Having accepted my offer of attending him, we were just about to depart, when we were prevented by the entrance of a Lady, whose air and manner had in them somewhat so interesting that the unseasonableness of the interrruption was soon forgotten. Grief and anxiety were painted on her countenance. Every feature was labouring with