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vcrtimus, nomen tuum, vir clarissime, inter Socios 

 nostros exterraneos, quam proxime ut eorum nu- 

 inerus legitime augeri possit, facile inscripturi. In- 

 terea tu valeas, vir optime, mihique semper faveas. 

 Amicissimus D. Dawsonus Turnerus te ex corde 

 salutat. Libellum doctum et elegantem de Muscis 

 Hiberniae jam typis mandavit. 



Dabam Nordovici, die 22 Februarii, 1804. — Li- 

 teris tuis inseribas, "J. E.Smith, M.D., President of 

 the Linnsean Society, Norwich." 



Sir William East, Bart, to J. E. Smith. 



My dear Sir, Hall Place, July 25, 1804. 



Accept my most sincere thanks for your very 

 kind remembrance of me, not only by the favour of 

 your very flattering letter, but for the present which 

 accompanied it, and which I shall always set a high 

 value on, as a gift from a person whom I so much 

 esteem ; and permit me to say, that as there are few 

 days, perhaps hours, of a man's life, that are passed 

 with gratification to our feelings, so shall I look 

 upon the short time, which you and Mrs. Smith 

 favoured this place with your company, amongst 

 the number of our pleasantest moments. But, my 

 good Sir, you must not, by the rules of plain deal- 

 ing, allow us barely to taste of the agreeable, — you 

 are bound in conscience, after having once indulged 

 us, to repeat the favour. May we not then be al- 

 lowed to expect, when you find yourself inclined to 

 revisit this part of the kingdom, to recollect those 

 whom you will make so truly happy, by passing as 



