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that I can in time regard even this visitation in the 

 true light which I believe that duty to my Maker 

 requires. 



I endeavour again to turn my thoughts to bo- 

 tany; and though my mind has not yet regained its 

 spring, I find in it great amusement and comfort 

 when I walk out alone. I cannot attempt to say, 

 my dear friend, how much your expressions of af- 

 fection and friendship have moved me : it gives me 

 the liveliest pleasure to feel that I have a heart ca- 

 pable of valuing them, and I trust in God that you 

 will always find me most anxious to strive to merit 

 them. If you see anything amiss in my conduct, 

 my disposition, or my temper, I entreat you, by your 

 friendship for me, never to let it pass without no- 

 tice, and I assure you that you shall find me grate- 

 ful. Conscience indeed speaks, but we learn in 

 time to disregard her like Amurath's ring. The 

 words of a friend are much more sure of being at- 

 tended to ; and when that friend has such a heart, 

 and leads such a life as you do, it is hardly possi- 

 ble that they should fail of effect ; at least I would 

 fain hope so, for the credit of my nature. That I 

 may, as long as we both live, enjoy and deserve your 

 friendship, is, I assure you, one of the most earnest 

 wishes of 



Your truly affectionate and obliged friend, 



Dawson Turner. 



