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THE TRAVELS OF
LETTER III.
DEAR SIR,
MY mother obſerving ſome alteration in my conduct, ſince I firſt ſaw Mr. Baker, naturally ſuppoſed that I was meditating a ſeparation from her. She knew I ſpoke to him; and apprehenſive that I would go with him, ſhe did every thing in her power to fruſtrate my intentions. Notwithſtanding all her Vigilance, I found means to join my new maſter, with whom I went early the next-morning to Bankeepore, leaving my mother to lament my departure. As Bankeepore is but a
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