TRAVELLING; &c. 5 



the prefent occafion, nor to the ofEce i am going 

 to enter into, nor to that employment which i 

 was lately engaged in by the will, and fuffrage 

 of the high, and mighty dates of this king- 

 4oni •, and from which i am now once again 

 briOUght back to this feat of the mufes. Nay 

 fo far is the fubjedl, i am about to treat on, 

 from being unfuitable to ^ny of thefe circum- 

 ftances, that it feems to m^ particularly adapt- 

 ed to every one of them. The fubjed is con- 

 cerning the necefTity of travelling in one's own 

 pountrey, and the advantages that may thence 

 accrue, efpecially to phyficians. I fliall treat 

 it in a plain and popular manner ; and endea- 

 vor to manage it fo, that the meannefs of my 

 language may be compenfated by the dignity 

 of the matter, and the brevity of my ex^ 

 prefTions. 



All human knowledge is built on two foun- 

 dations ^ reafon and experience. — Thefe two 

 joyned together are neceffary to make a good 

 phyfician. 



We mull confefs indeed, that the bufmefs of 

 reafoning may be carried on with equal fuccefs 

 in our clofets, as in travelling, fuppofing we 

 have an opportunity of converfmg with men 

 truly learned. 



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