ABSTRACT
The time was now arrived for our hero’s intended expedition with Dr. Sourby, to view the most remarkable places in North America. He was more disposed himself to a speedy departure, from perceiving the dangerous tendency of his growing intimacy with Miss Moody, and the but too attractive indulgences granted imprudently by her, to a person of his sanguine complexion, under the insinuating guise of platonic love and disinterested friendship. It had been settled that our hero, after a few years probation, if he continued averse to the clerical function, should pursue the naval line under his uncle’s patronage, who was preparing to embark on a cruize off the Bay of Mexico. Every thing was now / ready for our hero’s departure, when Dr. Homily took him into his study, and with a solemn and affectionate tone, addressed him in the following manner:
