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in consecrated ground. Hence we passed by some 
inscriptions in honour of Virgil, Thomson, Shen- 
stone, and some others, to the Temple of Modern 
Philosophy, an unfinished building ; on each of the 
pillars already erected is inscribed the name of 
some great man, with a word expressive of what ' 
he excelled in: thus to Voltaire is given, rzdicule ; 
to Rousseau, ature; to Priestley, ar; to Franklin, 
thunder, &c.,&c. Onan unfinished column is written 
in Latin, “ Who will complete this?” This temple 
overlooks the lake ; near it is an hermitage embo- 
somed in awood. From this spot we went to some 
simple wooden buildings, where every Sunday the 
Marquis and his lady amuse themselves with hay- 
ing the neighbouring peasants dance, &c., on the 
plan described in the Nouvelle Heloise. The woods 
around them are very fine; and after passing 
through them we came to a solitary elm-tree, on 
which the Marquis has written, “ Le vozct cet orme 
heureux ou ma Louise a recu ma foi.” From hence 
is an immense prospect, finely varied with fields, 
woods, and water. Descending the hill among 
heath and juniper, we cameto two charming Italian 
inscriptions by the Marquis, which lead to a rock 
on which Rousseau has engraven with his own 
knife, “ Julie.” I have some moss for you from 
this very rock. Ascending another hill we came to 
the House of Rousseau, a little hut so called, in 
which he wrote several verses; for he often used to 
visit it during the short time of his residing here, 
which was only six weeks before his death, although 
he often used to come to Ermenonville with the 
