Servants is owing to the Conduct of Mafters. The Aspect of every one in the Family carries fo much Satisfaction, that it appears he knows the happy Lot which has befal len him in being a Member of it. There is one Particular which I have feldom feen but at Sir ROGER's; it is ufual in all other Places, that Servants fly from the Parts of the Houfe through which their Mafter is paffing; on the contrary, here they induftrioufly place themfelves in his way, and it is on both Sides, as it were, underftood as a Vifit, when the Servants appear without calling. This proceeds from the Humane and equal Temper of the Man of the Houfe, who alfo perfectly well knows how to enjoy a great Estate, with fuch Oeconomy as ever to be much before-hand. This makes his own Mind untroubled, and confequently unapt to vent peevish Expreffions, or give paffionate or inconfiftent Orders to thofe about him. Thus Refpect and Love go together; and a certain Chearfulness in Performance of their Duty is the particular Diftinction of the lower part of this Family. When a Servant is called before his Mafter, he does not come with an Expectation to hear himself rated for fome trivial Fault, threatned to be ftripped, or used with any other unbecoming Language, which mean Mafters often give to worthy Servants; but it is often to know, what Road he took that he came fo readily back according to Order; whether he paffed by fuch a Ground, if the old Man who rents it is in good Health; or whether he gave Sir ROGER'S Love to him, or the like.

A Man who preferves a Refpe&t, founded on his Benevolence to his Dependents, lives rather like a Prince than a Mafter in his Family; his Orders are received as Favours, rather than Duties, and the Distinction of approaching him is part of the Reward for executing what is commanded by him.

THERE is another Circumftance in which my Friend exells in his Management, which is the Manner of rewarding his Servants: He has ever been of Opinion, that giving his caft Cloaths to be worn by Valets has a very ill Effect upon little Minds, and creates a filly Senfe of Equality between the Parties, in Perfons affected only with outward things. I have heard him often leafant on this Occafion, and defcribe a young Gentleman abufing his Man

in that Coat, which a Month or two before was the most pleafing Diftinction he was confcious of in himself. He would turn his Difcourfe ftill more pleasantly upon the Ladies Bounties of this kind; and I have heard him fay he knew a fine Woman, who diftributed Rewards and Punishments in giving becoming or unbecoming Dreffes to her Maids.

BUT my good Friend is above thefe little Inftances of Good-will, in bestowing only Trifles on his Servants, a good Servant to him is fure of having it in his Choice very foon of being no Servant at all. As I before obferved, he is fo good an Husband, and knows fo thoroughly that the Skill of the Purfe is the Cardinal Virtue of this Life, I fay, he knows fo well that Frugality is the Support of Generofity, that he can often fpare a large Fine when a Tenement falls, and give that Settlement to a good Servant who has a Mind to go into the World, or make a Stranger pay the Fine to that Servant, for his more comfortable Maintenance, if he ftays in his Service,

A Man of Honour and Generofity confiders, it would be miferable to himself to have no Will but that of another, tho' it were of the beft Perfon breathing, and for that Reason goes on as faft as he is able to put his Servants into independent Livelihoods. The greateft Part of Sir ROGER'S Eftate is tenanted by Perfons who have ferved himfelf or his Ancestors. It was to me extreamly pleafant to obferve the Vifitants from feveral Parts to welcome his Arrival into the Country; and all the Difference that I could take notice of, between the late Servants who came to fee him, and those who ftaid in the Family, was, that thefe latter were looked upon as finer Gentlemen and better Courtiers.

THIS Manumiffion and placing them in way of Livelihood, I look upon as only what is due to a good Servant, which Encouragement will make his Succeffor be as diligent, as humble, and as ready as he was. There is fomething wonderful in the Narrownefs of thofe Minds, which can be pleased, and be barren of Bounty to those who please them.

ONE might, on this Occafion, recount the Senfe that Great Perfons in all Ages have had of the Merit of their Dependants, and the Heroick Services which Men have

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done their Masters in the Extremity of their Fortunes; and shewn to their undone Patrons, that Fortune was all the Difference between them; but as I defign this my Speculation only as a gentle Admonition to thanklefs Mafters, I fhall not go out of the Occurrences of common Life, but affert it as a general Obfervation, that I never faw, but in Sir ROGER's Family, and one or two more, good Servants treated as they ought to be. Sir RoGER'S Kindness extends to their Children's Children, and this very Morning he fent his Coachman's Grandson to Prentice. I fhall conclude this Paper with an Account of a Picture in his Gallery, where there are many which will deferve my future Obfervation.

AT the very upper End of this handsome Structure I faw the Portraiture of two young Men standing in a River, the one naked the other in a Livery. The Perfon fupported feem'd half dead, but still so much alive as to fhew in his Face exquifite Joy and Love towards the other. I thought the fainting Figure refembled my Friend Sir ROGER; and looking at the Butler, who stood by me, for an Account of it, he informed me that the Perfon in the Livery was a Servant of Sir ROGER's, who stood on the Shore while his Mafter was swimming, and obferving him taken with fome fudden Illness,and fink under Water, jumped in and faved him. He told me Sir ROGER took off the Dress he was in as foon as he came home, and by a great Bounty at that time, followed by his Favour ever fince, had made him Master of that pretty Seat which we faw at a distance as we came to this Houfe. I remember'd indeed Sir ROGER faid there lived a very worthy Gentleman, to whom he was highly obliged, without mentioning any thing further. Upon my looking a little diffatisfy'd at fome Part of the Picture, my Attendant informed me, that it was against Sir R OG ER's Will, and at the earnest Request of the Gentleman himself, that he was drawn in the Habit in which he had faved his Master.

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No 108. Wednesday, July 4.

Gratis anhelans, multa agendo nihil agens.

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SI was Yesterday Morning walking with Sir RoGER before his Houfe, a Country-Fellow brought him a huge Fifh, which he told him, Mr. William Wimble had caught that very Morning; and that he prefented it, with his Service to him, and intended to come and dine with him. At the fame Time he delivered a Letter, which my Friend read to me as foon as the Meffenger left him.

Sir ROGER,
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you to accept of a Jack, which is the best I have caught this Seafon. I intend to come and ftay with you a Week, and fee how the Perch bite in the Black River. I obferved with fome Concern, the laft Time I faw you upon the Bowling-Green, that your Whip wanted a Lafh to it: I will bring half a Dozen with me that I twifted laft Week, which I hope will ferve you all the Time you are in the Country. I have not been out of the Saddle for fix Days laft paft, having ⚫ been at Eaton with Sir John's eldest Son. He takes to his Learning hugely, I am,

SIR, Your Humble Servant.
Will. Wimble.

THIS extraordinary Letter, and Meffage that accompanied it, made me very curious to know the Character and Quality of the Gentleman who fent them; which I found to be as follows. Will. Wimble is younger Brother to a Baronet, and defcended of the ancient Family of the Wimbles. He is now between Forty and Fifty; but being bred to no Bufinefs and born to no Eftate, he generally lives with his elder Brother as Superintendant of his Game. He hunts a Pack of Dogs better than any Man in the Country, and is very famous for finding out a Hare. He E 3

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is extreamly well verfed in all the little Handicrafts of an idle Man : He makes a May-fly to a Miracle; and furnishes the whole Country with an Angle-Rods. As he is a goodnatur'd officious Fellow, and very much esteemed upon Account of his Family, he is a welcome Guest at every Houfe, and keeps up a good Correfpondence among alt the Gentlemen about him. He carries a Tulip-Root in his Pocket from one to another, or exchanges a Puppy between a Couple of Friends that live perhaps in the oppofite Sides of the Country. Will, is a particular Favourite of all the young Heirs, whom he frequently obliges with a Net that he has weaved, or a Setting-dog that he has made himself: He now and then presents a Pair of Garters of his own knitting to their Mothers or Sifters; and raifes a great deal of Mirth among them, by enquiring as often as he meets them how they wear? Thefe Gentlemanlike Manufactures and obliging little Humours, make Will. the Darling of the Country.

Sir ROGER was proceeding in the Character of him, when we faw him make up to us with two or three Hazle-twigs in his Hand that he had cut in Sir ROGER'S Woods, as he came through them, in his Way to the Houfe. I was very much pleafed to obferve on one Side the hearty and fincere Welcome with which Sir RoGER received him, and on the other the fecret Joy which his Gueft difcovered at Sight of the good old Knight. After the first Salutes were over, Will, defired Sir ROGER to lend him one of his Servants to carry a Set of Shuttlecocks he had with him in a little Box to a Lady that lived about a Mile off, to whom it feems he had promised fuch a Prefent for above this half Year. Sir ROGER'S Back was no fooner turned, but honeft Will, began to tell me of a large Cock-Pheasant that he had fprung in one of the neighbouring Woods, with two or three other Adventures of the fame Nature. Odd and uncommon Chara&ters are the Game that I look for, and moft delight in ; for which Reafon I was as much pleafed with the Novelty of the Perfon that talked to me, as he could be for his Life with the fpringing of a Pheafant, and therefore liftned to him with more than ordinary Attention.

IN the midft of his Difcourfe the Bell rung to Dinner, where the Gentleman I have been fpeaking of had the Pleasure