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exceptions. They will all be heroes, and give rea- 

 son, liberty and atheism to the world. With respect 

 to the execution of their wonderful perfections, I 

 shall only assure you that many of the peasants in 

 Savoy wish them, as I do, in another planet. They 

 dare not, under pain of death, bring us over any sort 

 of provisions as formerly; and the liberty they have 

 acquired, is that of being obliged to give their hogs, 

 corn and chestnuts to these French brethren for 

 paper instead of money of better value, which they 

 receive here, paying as much for taxes as before, 

 under new names, and sending men to be shot at 

 who would have cultivated the country. Miserable 

 as they were, many are still more so now. 



Totus tuus, 



E. Davall. 



The Marchioness of Hockingliam to J. E. Smith. 



Hillingdon House, March 3, 1793. 



I am ashamed that I have not much sooner 

 thanked Dr. Smith for the seeds from Sumatra and 

 Sierra Leone. These seeds have been some time 

 sown, and yet Dr. Smith is but now reaping my ac- 

 knowledgements : so strange is human nature, that 

 often, even against inclination, it neglects and delays 

 the most pleasing occupation of expressing grati- 

 tude for favours and attentions that the mind is all 

 the while sensible of. I little thought, five years 

 ago, that I could have felt so much concern for the 

 death of Mr. Aiton ; but I had not seen him then, 

 and only looked upon him as the Kew gardener : 



