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The Abba's latest letters have the date of 1821, 

 when he was again in England, and then preparing 

 to take a voyage to the Brazils, whither he was ap- 

 pointed by the King of Portugal to superintend 

 the sciences and arts, and to a very honourable 

 and lucrative situation. 



Dear Sir and Friend, London, July 23, 1821. 



I promised you a letter before my leaving En- 

 gland, and I keep my word. The day after to-mor- 

 row I go to Falmouth to embark in the packet de- 

 stined to sail the 29th or 30th of this month, and 

 hope to be in Lisbon by the 10th of August, if not 

 before. It will be a new sight for me, after twenty- 

 six years and five months absence. All is changed : 

 God grant it may be for the better ! My health is 

 very precarious still, but on the whole is ameliorated, 

 and my impatience raises my spirits. I beg you to 

 present my compliments to Lady Smith, and for you 

 my best wishes for your happiness, peace, and long 

 life. You see by the erratas of this letter, the state 

 of weariness which my mind is in this moment, by 

 the little teasing numberless details concomitant to 

 a dbntnagement, that may be called the horrors of 

 removal. At all times and in every country be sure 

 of finding in me an obliged and grateful friend, 

 and an obedient, faithful servant. 



Joseph Correa de Serra. 



Soon after this period the venerable Abbe" re- 



