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them. I shall grudge nothing for your health and 
safety. 
You are much obliged to your aunt for introdu- 
cing you to somany respectable friends and acquaint- 
ances, in particular Lady Reay, who seems a very de- 
sirable one; but as you are in the midst of so many 
agreeable young ladies, take care of your heart; 
be least with and think least of those you like best. 
Excuse me if I repeat cautions on this subject un- 
necessarily till you have a prospect of settling. 
Adieu, my dear Son ! 
JAMES SMITH. 
In the beginning of June the student made an 
excursion to Kirby Lonsdale in Westmoreland, to 
visit his friend Mr. Batty, and into Yorkshire to 
meet his father. “I have many inducements,” he 
tells him, “ to take this journey; and first, the com- 
pany of an agreeable and ingenious Frenchman, Dr. 
Broussonet, who has been in Edinburgh a week to 
see the place, and with whom I have been very happy. 
He is an eminent naturalist, and intimate with Sir 
Joseph Banks.” 
The following letter from Mr. Smith is written 
after they had met, and his son had returned to 
Edinburgh. 
Mr. Smith to Mr. James Edward Smith. 
My dear James, Norwich, August 5, 1782. 
Your letter from Kirby Lonsdale, and that lately 
from Carlisle, afforded us great pleasure, to hear you 
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