who knew me in my profession.  I am still considered as having been a seafaring man, but nevertheless, in consequence of my property, I am generally addressed by the title of Squire Saunders.  By not assuming a station which does not become me, I find myself treated not only with respect, but with friendship, by those who are in birth, as well as other qualifications, my superiors.  My daughters are invited out to all the balls and fetes in the neighborhood, and are great favorites wherever they go:  they all of them are like their mother, not only in appearance, but in temper and disposition.  We have plenty of young men who visit the house, and I am afraid that we shall soon have to part with two of them, my eldest, Virginia, being engaged to a ship-builder at Limehouse, and Elizabeth to a young clergyman in the neighborhood.  Jane thinks she never will marry, and, as I tell her, I suppose she never will till she is asked.  To wind up, I may say that Bessy and I have been very happy, and promise still to be as happy as most people are who pass through this pilgrimage.  We have competence—­the good opinion of the world—­a family who have never caused us one hour’s uneasiness (how few can say that?), and we have, I trust, a due sense of God’s mercy and kindness toward us, and never lie down in our beds without thanking Him for the many mercies we have received, and acknowledging how unworthy we are to have been so signally blessed.