without neglecting the relative duties that fall to his share in society, he may be enabled to enjoy the sweets of domestic comfort with a higher degree of relish than otherwise might have been within his reach. It is soothing to the mind to indulge these ideas, and it will prove highly consolitary to the writer to find that they are realised.

In recommending this poem to the notice of such readers as feel a strong propensity to contemplate the beauties of a pure innocence, another short quotation is given, for which it is hoped the indulgence of the reader will readily be obtained.

Short-sighted Dobbin!-thou canst only see
The trivial hardships that encompass thee:
Thy chains were freedom, and thy toils repose,
Could the poor post-horse tell thee all his woes;
Shew thee his bleeding shoulders, and unfold
The dreadful anguish he endures for gold:
Hir'd at each call of businefs, lust, or rage,
That prompt the traveller cn from stage to stage.
Still on his strength depends their boasted speed;
For them his limbs grow weak, his bare ribs bleed;
And though he groaning quickens at command,
Their extra shilling in the rider's hand'
Becomes his bitter scourge:-'tis he must feel
The double efforts of the lash and steel;
Till when, up hill, the destin'd inn he gains,
And trembling under complicated pains,
Prone from his nostrils, darting on the ground,
His breath emitted floats in clouds around:
Drops chase each other down his chest and sides,
And spatter'd mud his native colour hides:
Through his swoln veins the boiling torrent flows,
And every nerve a separate torture knows.
His harness loos'd, he welcomes eager-eyed

And joys to see the well-known stable door,
As the starv'd mariner the friendly shore.

Ah, well for him if here is suff'rings ceas'd,
And ample hours of rest his pains appeas'd!
But rous'd again, and sternly bade to rise,
And shake refreshing slumber from his eyes,
Ere his exhausted spirits can return,

Or through his frame reviving ardour burn,

Come forth he must, though limping, maim'd, and sore;
He bears the whip; the chaise is at the door-

The collar tightens, and again he feels

His half-heal'd wounds inflam'd; again the wheels
With tiresome sameness in his ears resound,
O'er blinding dust, or miles of flinty ground,
Thus nightly robb'd, and injur'd day by day,
His piece-meal murd'rers wear his life away.

For Dr. Anderson's Recreations.

A SAUNTERER'S WALK THROUGH LONDON.

I THANK you for your kind condescension in admitting my first efsay. I now consider myself as a person of some kind of consequence, and am very ambitious of becoming more so still. I now begin to take notice of many things that I used to pass without entertaining a thought about them; and I think it is possible that I may in time come to make some remarks that will not perhaps be altogether undeserving of a place in your miscellany. But I know not how it is that I should feel a greater propensity to take notice of disagreeable incidents than those that are of a more pleasing kind, and to turn my thoughts rather towards the removing of things that incommode me, than to recreations that might prove positively amusing. Perhaps a time may come when I shall be able to think for myself, instead of requiring a flapper to rouse me, like the inhabitants of Laputa; but I am

not as yet advanced thus far. Will you have the goodness to indulge me, while I state to you another nuisance which has often incommoded me in my solitary walks through this great metropolis? Because I think I have discovered a contrivance by which it may be much alleviated, if not removed. If my proposal should meet with your approbation, I shall be much obliged to you. if you will submit it to the consideration of the public.

Many times in my life have I been rather difsatisfied at having my walk interrupted by those boarded projections on the street that are usually put up in the fronts of houses while they are in a state of repair; but I do not recollect that there ever was a season in which I have been so often interrupted, or so deeply incommoded in this way, as during the present year; for the number of houses fronting the street that have been under repair has been so great, and the streets have been uniformly so wet and splashy, that the inconvenience to foot passengers has been much greater than is usual in drier seasons. It occurs to me, that the following contrivance might tend to diminish this inconvenience in future.

I suppose it is absolutely necefsary that the proprietors of houses should obtain occasionally the exclusive use of a small area, part of the street, for the convenience of repairs when these are indispensable; but it is at the same time necefsary that the public should suffer as little inconvenience for the accommodation of individuals as the nature of the case can pofsibly admit. I have remarked, however, that these encroachments are allowed in some cases to remain

parties concerned been at pains to push forward the operations with a suitable alacrity. This discovers a blameable inattention which ought to be corrected. Justice requires, that if individuals are to be accommodated, the public should be as little incommoded on their account as circumstances will admit, and also that individuals should pay for that accommodation. On these principles I beg leave to suggest the following proposal, as likely to effect all these purposes in a fair and equitable manner.

Let it be ordained, then, that every individual who obtains such an accommodation shall pay a sum proportioned to the extent of accommodation he receives, to be applied for the use of the poor. This payment should be as moderate as pofsible at the beginning; but to augment at the end of each week, in order that it may operate as a stimulus to activity and spirited exertions, to have the evil continued as short a time as pofsible; and that it may produce its full effect, the augmentation ought to be greater in proportion to the length of time it is suffered to continue. Thus would this kind of tax fall very lightly upon those who exerted themselves properly, but very heavily upon those who, through indolence or inattention, suffered the public to be unnecessarily incommoded on their ac

count.

Upon these principles, let us by way of illustration suppose, that it would be a fair price to charge for the first week at the rate of two shillings and six-pence for each foot that such temporary barricade encroached on the street, and three-pence for each foot in length (or any other sums that shall be judged more adequate for this purpose). In this case, suppose the encroach

not as yet advanced thus far. Will you have the goodness to indulge me, while I state to you another nuisance which has often incommoded me in my solitary walks through this great metropolis? Because I think I have discovered a contrivance by which it may be much alleviated, if not removed. If my proposal should meet with your approbation, I shall be much obliged to you if you will submit it to the consideration of the public.

Many times in my life have I been rather difsatisfied at having my walk interrupted by those boarded projections on the street that are usually put up in the fronts of houses while they are in a state of repair; but I do not recollect that there ever was a season in which I have been so often interrupted, or so deeply incommoded in this way, as during the present year; for the number of houses fronting the street that have been under repair has been so great, and the streets have been uniformly so wet and splashy, that the inconvenience to foot passengers has been much greater than is usual in drier seasons. It occurs to me, that the following contrivance might tend to diminish this inconvenience in future.

I suppose it is absolutely necefsary that the proprietors of houses should obtain occasionally the exclusive use of a small area, part of the street, for the convenience of repairs when these are indispensable; but it is at the same time necefsary that the public should suffer as little inconvenience for the accommodation of individuals as the nature of the case can pofsibly admit. I have remarked, however, that these encroachments are allowed in some cases to remain