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NEWS OF A FRESH CONQUEST OF MY FATHER'S.
Temple went to sea.

The wonder is that I did not go with him: we were both in agreement that adventures were the only things worth living for, and we despised English fellows who had seen no place but England.

I could not bear the long separation from my father that was my reason for not insisting on the squire's consent to my becoming a midshipman.

After passing a brilliant examination, Temple had the good fortune to join Captain Bulsted's ship, and there my honest-hearted friend dismally composed his letter of confession, letting me know that he had been untrue to friendship, and had proposed to Janet Ilchester, and interchanged vows with her.