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Moffat ; his loss will be equally felt by the gay, the 
industrious, and the unhappy. I reached Edinburgh 
on Friday evening, and have had great congratula- 
tions on my return. Dr. Hope paid me the very 
high compliment of saying he had wanted me to 
keep him from falling into many mistakes: I supped 
there on Sunday, and talked with him about the 
medal, among other things ; he said he had not pub- 
lished it in his class, as he saw nobody there who 
was likely to try for it, except those who were 
members of our Natural History Society, where it 
had already been published. I think this was wrong; 
he ought to have made it as public as possible: he 
concluded by saying he thought I had it all in my 
own hands. 
I am, honoured Sir, 
Your obedient and affectionate Son, 
J. E. Smiru. 
Mr. James Edward Smith to his Father. 
Honoured Sir, August 29, 1782. 
My late tour was shorter than had been proposed, 
owing to bad weather, but was very agreeable and 
successful. We set off on Tuesday the 20th instant, 
and got to Glasgow that night. Mr. Hope intro- 
duced us to some of the professors, who were very 
polite; andI called on Mr. Grant, who was very glad 
to see me. Glasgow is, I think, one of the finest 
towns I ever saw: the buildings in the two principal 
streets (which cross each other) are very noble, in 
