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concerning Philippa & her Husband, the latter ofwhom I learned having spent all her fortune, hadrecourse for subsistanceence to the talent in which, hehad always most excelled, namely, Driving, &that having sold every thing which belonged tothem except their Coach, had converted it intoa Stage & in order to be removed from any of hisformer Acquaintance, had driven it to Edinburghfrom whence he went to Sterling every other Day; That Philippa still retaining her af::fection for her ungratefull Husband, had followedhim to Scotland & generally always accompanied himin his little Excursions to Sterling. "It has onlybeen to throw a little money into their Pockets(continued Augusta) that my Father has alwaystravelled in their Coach to veiw the beauties ofthe Country since our arrival in Scotland — forit would certainly have been much more agre::able to us, to visit the Highlands in a Postchaisethan merely to travel from Edinburgh to Sterling& from Sterling to Edinburgh every other Day ina crouded & uncomfortable Stage." I perfectly

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