LETTER IX.

_AMUSEMENTS._

Interpone tuis interdum gaudia curis, Ut possis animo quemvis sufferre laborem.

[_(Dionys.) Cato de Moribus._ III. 7.]

... nostra [fatiscit] Laxaturque chelys; vires instigat alitque Tempestiva quies, major post otia virtus.

_Statius, Sylv._ lib. IV. [4, vv. 32-3].

Jamque mare et tellus nullum discrimen habebant; Omnia pontus [erat]: deerant quoque littora ponto.

_Ovid. Metamorph._ lib. I [vv. 291-2].

Common Amusements of a Bathing-place--Morning Rides, Walks, &c.--Company resorting to the Town--Different Choice of Lodgings--Cheap Indulgences--Sea-side Walks--Wealthy Invalid--Summer-Evening on the Sands--Sea Productions--"Water parted from the Sea"--Winter Views serene--In what Cases to be avoided--Sailing upon the River--A small Islet of Sand off the Coast--Visited by Company--Covered by the Flowing of the Tide--Adventure in that Place.