his Family to go to Bed without having firſt ſet a Tub, or Pail full of clean Water, for theſe Gueſts to bath themſelves in, which the Natives aver they conſtantly do, as ſoon as ever the Eyes of the Family are cloſed, wherever they vouchſafe to come. If any thing happen to be miſlaid, and found again, in ſome Place where it was not expected, they preſently tell you a Fairy took it and returned it: if you chance to get a Fall, and hurt yourſelf, a Fairy laid ſomething in your Way to throw you down, as a Puniſhment for ſome Sin you have committed.
I have heard many of them proteſt they have been carried inſenſibly great Diſtances from home, and, without knowing how they came there, found themſelves on the Top of a Mountain. One Story in particular, was told me of a Man who had been led by inviſible Muſicians for ſeveral Miles together; and not being able to reſiſt the Harmony, followed till it conducted him to a large Common, where were a great Number of little People ſitting round a Table, and eating and drinking in a very jovial manner: Among them were ſome Faces whom he thought
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