leaſt accuſtomed to ſuch Sights; of which I cannot omit relating one particular and very pleaſant Inſtance.
A gentleman of England, to avoid the Proſecution of ſome merciless Creditors, took refuge in this Iſland, till his Affairs could be made up, which not being affected ſo ſoon as he had expected, and the little Stock of Money he brought with him expended; he became a Bankrupt alſo in this Place, and for a few Pounds was liable to the ſame Miſfortune here, as he ran from England to eſcape. Being threatned by his Creditors, and not doubting but he ſhould ſoon be arreſted and carried to the Caſtle; he went privately from the Houſe where he lodged, and hid himſelf in the moſt uninhabited Part of the Mountains, hoping from thence he ſhould ſee ſome Scotch or Iriſh Veſſel come in, which he intended to go on board, and entreat a Paſſage with them at their Return; looking on nothing ſo bad as the Loſs of Liberty, especially in a Country where he found Perſons were little inclinable to Compaſſion: ſo that, not doubting but he ſhould ſtarve in Jail, if ever he were put in, he choſe rather
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