owing inscription, composed by the
bridegroom, actually appeared in golden letters:

Here lies,
Foundered in a fathom and half,
The shell
Of
HAWSER TRUNNION, Esq.
Formerly commander of a squadron
In his Majesty's service,
Who broached to, at five P.M. Oct. 10,
In the year of his age threescore and nineteen.

He kept his guns always loaded,
And his tackle ready mann'd,
And never showed his poop to the enemy,
Except when he took her in tow;
But, His shot being expended, His match burnt out,
And his upper works decayed,
He was sunk by Death's superior weight of metal.

Nevertheless,
He will be weighed again at the Great Day,
His rigging refitted, And his timbers repaired;
And, with one broadside,
Make his adversary strike in his turn.

CHAPTER LXXX.

He returns to London, and meets with Cadwallader, who entertains
him with many curious Particulars--Crabtree sounds the Duchess, and
undeceives Pickle, who, by an extraordinary Accident, becomes acquainted
with another Lady of Quality.

The young gentleman having performed these last offices in honour of
his deceased benefactor, and presented Mr. Jolter to the long-expected
living, which at this time happened to be vacant, returned to London,
and resumed his former gaiety: not that he was able to shake Emilia from
his thought, or even to remember her without violent emotions; for, as
he recovered his vigour, his former impatience recurred, and therefore
he resolved to plunge himself headlong into some intrigue, that might
engage his passions and amuse his imagination.

A man of his accomplishments could not fail to meet with a variety of
subjects on which his gallantry would have been properly exercised; and
this abundance distracted his choice, which at any time was apt to be
influenced by caprice and whim. I have already observed, that he had
lifted his view, through a matrimonial perspective, as high as a lady of
the first quality and distinction: and now, that he was refused by Miss
Gauntlet, and enjoyed a little respite from the agonies of that flame
which her charms had kindled in his heart, he renewed his assiduities to
her grace. Though he durst not yet risk an explanation, he enjoyed