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liſh Gentleman and my particular Friend. He was about paſſing over Duglas Bridge before it was broken down, but the Tide being high, he was obliged to take the River; having an excellent Horſe under him, and one accuſtomed to ſwim. As he was in the middle of it, he heard, or imagined he heard, the fineſt Symphony, I will not ſay in the World, for nothing human ever came up to it. The Horſe was no less ſenſible of the Harmony than himſelf, and kept in an immoveable Poſture all the Time it laſted; which, he ſaid, could not be leſs than three Quarters of an Hour, according to the moſt exact Calculation he could make, when he arrived at the End of his little Journey, and ſound how long he had been coming.

He, who before laugh'd at all the Stories told of Fairies, now became a Convert, and believed as much as ever a Manks Man of them all.

As to Circles in the Graſs, and the Impreſſion of ſmall Feet among the Snow, I cannot deny but I have ſeen them frequently, and once thought I heard a

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