_The Travellers proceed to Bristol. Clifton. Hotwells. Road from Bristol to Bath. Description of Bath. Charming Situation. Charitable and beneficent Institutions. But too much a Scene of Gambling and Methodistical Adventurers. Principle of these two Classes the same. Of the two, Methodism the more conducive to Gallantry. Conjecture that Ovid would have approved of Methodists in one Respect. A Digression concerning the Scottish Missionaries. Hamilton meets with an Acquaintance. Mr. Manchester accompanies them to the Rooms. Account of the Company. A fashionable Clergyman. Ingenious Scheme for dramatizing the Pulpit, and rendering Action and Spouting a Substitute for Genius, Learning, and Eloquence. Pulpit Exhibitions of Parson Gilliflower. Rendezvous of the Preacher and Gambler for comparing their Proceeds. Hamilton and his Companions leave Bath. Incident at Cherril Downs. They relieve a Lady in great Distress, and convey her to Marlborough._ Page 60 CHAP. III. _History of the distressed Lady. Her former Happiness as the Wife of a worthy and estimable Man. Acquaintance with the Countess of Cheatwell; who introduces Mrs. Raymond to her own particular Friends. Mrs. Raymond begins to have a Relish for those Parties: tries her Luck at Gaming. She begins with great Success. The Tide of Fortune changes. She becomes acquainted with a very elegant Youth. She is dunned for Debts: encounters the said Youth at Play, in hopes of liquidating the same. Grievously disappointed. He extricates her from her Embarrassments, and takes her Note by way of Form. Where Cash fails, Means of paying Gaming Debts. Discoveries. Mrs. Raymond flies from Society. Immediate Causes of the Situation from which she was relieved by the Travellers. Hamilton discovers her to be the Sister of Sir Edward Hamden. She is prevailed on to accompany the Party to London. They leave Marlborough. Description of the Forest, and of Tottenham-Park._ Page 93 CHAP. IV.