conſtant topics of his raillery and ridicule. All things, therefore, duly conſidered let me prevail on you, dear Niece, to avoid his company as you would a mad man; for, notwithſtanding, I ſtill think you virtuous, yet your good name may be irreparably loſt, by such open acts of imprudence. As I have no other motive but an unaffected zeal for your intereſt and welfare, I flatter myself you'll put a favourable conſtruction on the liberty taken here, by
LETTER VI
Advice from a Father to his Son new
entered in Busineſs.
Dear Robin,
As you are now entering the world, aud will probably have very conſiderable dealings in your buſiness, the frequent occasion you will have for advice from others, will make you deſirous of ſingling out, among your moſt intimate acquantance, one or two, whom you would view in the light of friends. In the choice of these, your utmoſt care and caution will be neceſſary; for, by a miſtake here, you can scarcely conceive
