of one-horse chaise, the covered one a chariot, set on a sledge to run
on the ice; we have not yet had snow enough to use them, but I like
their appearance prodigiously; the covered carrioles seem the prettiest
things in nature to make love in, as there are curtains to draw before
the windows: we shall have three in effect, my father's, Rivers's, and
Fitzgerald's; the two latter are to be elegance itself, and entirely
for the service of the ladies: your brother and Fitzgerald are trying
who shall be ruined first for the honor of their country. I will bet
three to one upon Ireland. They are every day contriving parties of
pleasure, and making the most gallant little presents imaginable to the
ladies.

Adieu! my dear.

Yours,
A. Fermor.



LETTER 42.


To Miss Rivers.

Quebec, Nov. 14.

I shall not, my dear, have above one more opportunity of writing to
you by the ships; after which we can only write by the packet once a
month.