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tinclion by the ancient authors, muft of courfe have been a 

 bard, upon this plaufible alTumption, that, in the diftant ages, 

 whoever taught mud necelTarily have taught in verfe. That 

 this, however, was not the opinion of Paufanias is clearly evi- 

 dent from the paflage already quoted relating to Linus, who, 

 as he informs us, ivrote 710 verfcs ; and though he adds that, 

 if he did -write any they are not come down to lis, his bare fup- 

 pofition, that he had written none, fufficiently proves that this 

 ancient and judicious writer did not deem the charaders even 

 of mufician and bard by any means infeparable ; and, if any 

 profeffions could have been deemed neceflarily fo, it mufl, 

 certainly have been thofe. 



And here I will conclude this long, and, I fear, tedious 

 eflay, with a repetition of my teftimony in favour of Hero- 

 dotus, namely, that through the whole courfe of my Eaftern 

 travels I have ever found him a faithful guide ; a teftimony 

 which I am happy to find corroborated, and, in my opinion, 

 confirmed, by the much more extenfive and certain experience 

 of one, whom, in a point of this nature, I fhould almoft deem 

 an infallible judge — my ever lamented friend, Robert Wood, 

 whofe fagacity and erudition could only be equalled by his 

 diligence and candour. In his Eflay on the original Genius of 

 Homer, page 184, he coincides with me In the following decifive ■ 

 words: — " Not that I would encourage that diffidence in Hero- 

 " dotus, which has been already carried too far. Were I to 

 " give my opinion of him in this refpedl, having followed him 

 *' through moft of the countries which he has vifited, I 



" would 



