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quital, on my part, to repay their kindness by endea- 

 vouring to discover and promulgate their defects. 

 Second ly, it occurs to me that the highest esteem and re- 

 spect is due to a body of men united in such honorable 

 pursuits as those which engage the attention of the 

 priests of West Barbary. Thirdly, I am not ignorant that 

 there is always a sufficient number of persons prepared 

 gratuitously to point out the faults and failings of their 

 neighbours, some for amusement, some for envy, and 

 some for malice, to these I leave the task which I my- 

 self have avoided : 



" Let him that is sinless 



" Uplift the first stone. " 



I have already mentioned that the advancement and 

 improvement of the fine arts were among the primary 

 objects for which the Temple of Minerva was institu- 

 ted, and certainly when the subjects of Poetry, Design, 

 Sculpture and Architecture were under consideration, 

 the orations and discussions might be well considered 

 as the most brilliant and animating ever heard within 

 its walls. 



Many of the priests were enthusiastically devoted 

 to the study or admiration of the arts above named, 

 amongst whom C C held no inconspi- 

 cuous place, being an amateur in the first and second, 

 and intimately conversant with the fourth. He was a 

 young man of very great promise, uniting perseverance 

 with talent of a high order ; while I remained in West 

 Barbary I observed that he was then looked upon with 

 considerable interest by the natives, and that his opi- 

 nions on architectural matters were sought for and 

 valued by men who were well known to possess a cor- 

 rect and classic taste. 



I was informed that his youth had been devoted to 

 the systematic study of the art in which he excelled, 

 and that his knowledge was subsequently increased 

 by a tour through England and the continent of Eu- 

 rope, entered upon for the purpose of contemplating 

 and studying the many examples of Gothic grandeur, 

 Roman magnificence, and Athenian elegance which 



