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Monthly Review,—the only Review which I see. 
Pray write to me as often as you have leisure. Do 
not for this one grand excursion (as you must ever 
look upon it) grudge either ¢eme or money to sa- 
tisfy your mind in all scientific matters. Commit 
every thing of science to writing, etzam tritissima 
as says Linné. It is scarcely worth while to bur- 
then the mind with remembrances of houses and 
churches ; all books are full of them, and will call 
every thing to your remembrance. When Howard 
set out upon his prison-visitation, he refused seeing 
one of these lesser spectacula, alleging that one 
pursuit was sufficient at a time. I pray God to 
bless you ; and am ever yours, 
S. GooDENOUGH. 
Pray take one thing into consideration. Zem- 
bers and wealth are so far real necessaries to a so- 
ciety, as it enables them to carry matters into effect ; 
—to purchase, reward, publish. A society at Brux- 
elles is stopped at present for want of money to 
enable a publication going forward. I say this only 
to remind you, that along with diligence, the prz- 
mum mobile, we may think of increasing the num- 
ber of the society as far as may be safe. This oc- 
curs to me at the moment upon thinking of the 
society at Bruxelles.—Adieu. 
J. E. Smith to his Father. 
Honoured Sir, Montpellier, Nov. 18, 1786. 
At Lyons, a letter from Broussonet to his cousin 
Monsieur Lajard procured us the greatest civility 
