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pointment to meet each other on the Sands very near the Place it haunted; and as they were in each other's Arms, in the midſt of their Endearments, were interrupted by this Voice, calling out Hoa! Hoa! Hoa! They made no doubt but it was ſomebody belonging to one of their Families, who had watch'd and diſcovered them in this Aſſignation; and at a loſs what to do, the Girl ran to the Houſe of an Acquaintance, not daring to go. home, and the Man as much alarmed, hid himſelf among the Rocks. In the Morning both being miſs'd, Search was made for them, and the young Woman in her Fright having told the whole Matter to her Friend, it was by her related to the Parents, who, as ſoon as they had found the Man, obliged him to marry her.

About a League and a half from Barool, there is a Hole in the Earth, juſt at the foot of a Mountain, which they call the Devil's Den. They tell you, that, in the Days of Enchantment, Perſons were there confined by the Magicians; and that it now contains a very great Prince, who never knew Death, but has for the ſpace of ſix hundred Years been

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