2 The Fairy Godmothers.

the good-natured Fairies who inhabit the country,
fhould any ftrange accident drive a mortal fhip on
that fhore.

Alfo the bays in Fairy Land face to the weft,
which is a great advantage, for in an evening there
you may fit and watch the golden fun dipping be-
hind the waves; and the rich red tints he fends
out upon the rocks before he fets, are beyond
meafure beautiful and attractive. Efpecially, I be-
lieve, the Fairies enjoy this time of day, for they are
odd little creatures, rather conceited, and fond of
everything pretty; confequently they like to be
floating about the rocks in their white dreffes
when the crimfon and golden hues of funfet fhine
on them, knowing very. well they look like fo
many bright flowers on the occafion.

The day I fpeak of however had been very hot,
and at the time I fpeak of, the Fairies felt a little
lazy and were reclining on fome rocks covered
with fea-weed and amufing themfelves by talking.
In general the converfation of thefe little creatures is
rather light and frivolous and gay; butit is really a
fat that they were juft then all ferious together
and all were engaged in a very profound conver-
fation on human happinefs.

I am forry to have fo many explanations to
give, but I think it quite neceflary to tell you the
reafon of fo uncommon an event as a party of
Fairies being ferious. Well then, there were going
to be, very fhortly, feveral extremely gay chriften-
ings in the world, and fome of the Fairies had been