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CHAPTER VIII. 



Miscellaneous Letters to Sir James Edward Smith, from 1797 to 

 1807:— Mr. Voght.—Mrs. Charlotte Smith.— Mr. Voght.— 

 Professor Williams. — Mr. Johnes. — Sir Joseph Banks. — Bi- 

 shop of Winchester. — Mr. Brodie. — Rev. Mr. Abbot. — Dr. 

 Buchanan. — Rev. Mr. Talbot. — From the same. — Sir Thomas 

 Frankland. — From the same. — Dr. Hedwig. — Mrs. John 

 Taylor. — J. E. Smith to M. Ventenat. — M. Ventenat. — From 

 the same. — /. E. Smith to Dr. Hedwig. — Sir William East. — M. 

 Mirbel. — Duke of Bedford. — Mr. Johnes. — Professor Martyn. 

 — Mr. D. Turner. — Mr. J. Lee. — Colonel Hardwicke, — Dr. 

 Maton. 



* 



From Mr. Voght *. 



My dear Sir, Flotbeck, May 23, 1797. 



Often indeed I took up my pen to recall my- 

 self to the mind of my most respected master in 

 botany, and my philanthropic friend, whom I most 

 sincerely love and revere. Somehow or other I 

 as often have been prevented by employments less 

 pleasing, but of a more pressing nature. But today 

 I will not be prevented ; I locked the door of a little 

 thatched hut on the bank of a rivulet that meanders 

 through my meadows ; and amidst the full chorus of 



* Casper Voght, Esq., author of a pamphlet entitled, "Ac- 

 count of the Management of the Poor in Hamburgh, since the 

 year 1788 ; in a Letter to some Friends of the Poor in Great 

 Britain :" printed at Edinburgh in 179.5. 



