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is very rich in Cape plants, and you could help him 

 to West Indian ones. Mr. Woodford's garden at 

 Vauxhall he ought by all means to see, and he will 

 need no introduction except telling who he is : — he 

 may make any use of my name. 



Adieu, my dear friend ! I shall think it long till I 

 see your handwriting. Remember me most kindly to 

 Mrs. Roscoe and all your family. 



Believe me ever most truly yours, 



J. E. Smith. 



Mr. Roscoe to Si?' J. E. Smith. 



Primo giorno dell' anno 1804. 



Bno?i capo oT an?io, Signore mio stimatissimo, ed 

 a voi e alia vostra carissima Signora Sposa ! 



How can I begin the present year better than by 

 addressing myself to you, from whose society and 

 friendship I have derived so much pleasure during 

 the past ! The day is fine with us ; a great part of 

 my young family are visiting their aunt in Liver- 

 pool. I have thrown aside my ponderous volumes 

 about the ambition of princes and the intrigues of 

 popes, to take a momentary retrospect of the past 

 year, in the most pleasant part of which I find you 

 occupy the principal station : you will therefore re- 

 gard this letter as un pegno oV amici%ia, to be annu- 

 ally renewed. To promise for our whole lives at 

 once would be improvident ; as it would deprive us 

 of that repetition which the ordinary course of Pro- 

 vidence may yet allow, and which I trust we shall 

 many times have occasion to employ. 



