this holy fpirit, left he depart from us; and refolving with the pfalmift, to walk with a perfect heart, and to fet no wicked thing before our eyes. We must strive to improve religious thoughts: we must labour hard to obey the written rules: God will then give us the grace fufficient for us. To our confiderable talent of natural power to do good, our Father will add the advantages of his fpirit. If we defire to be good, he will make us good in conjunction with our own application and pains; by a gradual procefs, and human methods. If nature gives her utmost actings, the author of nature will move, and direct and affift her where fhe is weak. Both the grace and the providence of God may be likened to a little spring concealed within a great machine: to the known given powers of the machine, the operations of it are afcribed, and all its events imputed; yet it is the fmall fecreted spring that directs, draws, checks, and gives movement to every weight and wheel. The cafe cannot be exactly alike, as a compound of matter and spirit is different from a machine: but it may fuggeft, I imagine, fome imperfect idea of the affair: a very imperfect one, confess; for if we were thinking ever fo long of the matter, grace, after all, would be what the apostle calls it, an unspeakable gift-A gift furmounting our apprehenfions, as well as A reflecttion on Azora's dif course. be it does our merit. The theory of it may Here Azora ended, and I fat for fome minutes after in great admiration. Her fancy furnished ideas fo very faft, and speaking was fo very easy to her, without one pang in the man, con a bed in her cottage. the delivery, or the least hesitation for hours, as fhe could, if the pleafed, fo long difcourfe; her judgment was fo ftrong, and her words fo proper and well placed, that the appeared to me a prodigy in fpeaking, and I could have liftened to her with delight and amazement the whole night. But exactly at ten o'clock, the old woman I mentioned before, who first bid me welcome to Burcot Lodge, came into the chamber with candles, and Azora told me, that if I would follow Glad- Gladuse, ufe, fhe would light me to bed. I did imI did im- the old womediately, after wifhing the ladies good ducts me to night, and my guide brought me to her own cottage, which was next door to the grotto. She fhewed me into a small clean room, neatly and prettily furnished, and there Í found a good bed. Down I lay as foon as I could, being much fatigued, and as the fun. was rifing, got up again, to write what I could remember to have heard Azora fay. My memory from my childhood has been very extraordinary. I believe there are few living exceed me in this refpect. The greateft part of what I read and hear, remains with me, as if the book was ftill before me, or the fpeaker going on. This enables me to write down, with much exactness, what I care to note, and I can do it for the most part in the relater's or talker's own words, if I minute it in my short hand within twentyfour R 2 The gar dens of Burcot Lodge. four hours after reading or difcourfing. Upon this account, I can fay, that I loft very little of all that Azora was pleased to let me hear, or of the difcourfes I had with her ingenious companion, Antonia Fletcher. When I had done writing, I went out to wait upon the ladies, and found them in their fine gardens, bufily employed in the ufeful and innocent diverfion which the cultivation of fome of the greatest beauties of the creation affords. They had every kind of fruit tree in their ground, every plant and flower that grows, and fuch a variety of exotic rarities from the hotter climates, as engaged my admiration, and finely entertained me for many an hour, during my stay in this place. They both understood gardening to perfection, and continually lent their helping hands to the propagation of every thing. The digging and laborious work was performed by many young women, who did it with great activity, and understanding, and the nicer parts thefe ladies executed. I was aftonished and delighted with their operations of various kinds. It was beautiful to fee with what exquifite fkill they used the knife, managed graffs and cyons, directed the branches and twigs in pofture on efpaliers, and raised flowers. They had every thing in perfection in their kitchen garden and phyfic garden. Their fruits, roots, and herbs herbs for the table, were most excellent; their collection of herbs for medicine the most valuable: and as the whole contrivance of the gardens was near nature, and beautiful in grafs, gravel, and variety of evergreens, I was led with delight thro' the whole, till I came into the green-house. There I faw Azora and Antonia at work, and paid them the compliments they deserved. account of Immediately after my arrival, breakfast A further was brought in there, chocolate and toafts, accoun and the ladies were extremely pleasant over it. They asked me a great many questions about the world, and were fo facetious in their remarks, and pleafed with my odd account of things, that they laughed as heartily as I did, and that was at no small rate. This being done, we walked over every part of the gardens, and Azora did me the honour not only to fhew me all the curiofities. and improvements fhe had made, in the management of feeds, flowers, plants, and trees; but lectured on various fine objects that appeared in our way, with a volubility of tongue, and a knowledge of the fubjects, that was amazing indeed. Were I to fet down what she said even on fallads, cucumbers, colliflowers, melons, afparagus, early cabbages, ftrawberries, rafberries, currants, goofberries, apples, pears, plums, cherries, apricots, &c. and efpecially her propagation of mushrooms, champignons, R 3 and |