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ever employed in the minutiæ only of affairs----
indeed, such was his anxiety about this house,
the rent of which was not above fifty pounds a-year,
that it brought on a fever, which nearly cost him
his life----In the muscular and unincumbered frame
of Mr Elwes, there was every thing that promised
extreme length of life; and he lived to above 70
years of age, without any natural disorder.
On the day before Mr. Elwes took his gratuitous
journey into Berkshire, he delivered to the
late Mir. Partis that copy of his last will and testament
which he himself had kept, to be carried to
Messrs. Hoares, his bankers.
Mr Elwes carried with him into Berkshire,
five guineas and an half, and half a crown.---- Lest
the mention of this sum may appear singular, it
would be said, that, previous to his journey, he
had carefully wrapped it up in various - folds of
paper, that no part of it might be lost.
His very singular appetite Mr. Elwes retained
all within a few days of his dissolution, and walked
on foot twelve miles but a fortnight before he died.
The first symptoms of more immediate decay, was his inability to enjoy his reſt at night. He was frequently heard at midnight as if ſtruggling with ſome one in his chamber, and crying out, "I will keep my money, I will; nobody ſhall rob me of my property!"---- On any one of the family going into his room, he would ſtart from his fever of
