most ancient & unpolluted kind. Bertha (the Motherof Philander) & Agatha (my ow^n) ^{Mother) 1} always lived together.They were neither of them very rich; their unitedfortunes had originally amounted to nine thousand Pounds, but as they had always lived upon theprincipal of it, when we were fifteen it was di::minished to nine Hundred. This nine Hundred,they always kept in a Drawer in one of the Tableswhich stood in our common sitting Parlour, for the Convenience of having it always at Hand. Whetherit was from this circumstance , of its being easilytaken, or from a wish of being independant, or froman exceſs of Sensibility (for which we were alwaysremarkable) I cannot now determine, but cer::tain it is that when we had reached our 15^th year,we took the Nine Hundred Pounds & ruan² away.Having obtained this prize we were determinedto manage it with eoconomy & not to spend it eitherwith folly or Extravagance. To this purpose wetherefore divided it into nine parcels, one of whichwe devoted to Victuals, the 2^d to Drink, the 3^d to House--keeping, the 4^th to Carriages, the 5^th to Horses, the 6^th