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Could not one be procured by honest means with- 
out seeming to beg it? You may see a fine col- 
lection of prints, English, French, German, &c., in 
the house of Mr. Mechel, a very celebrated engraver 
here ;—paintings likewise. The Dance of Death in 
the churchyard here is much in the style of Hol- 
bein, and will bear examination. No _ botanical 
books to be got im the shops here. One old crusty 
fellow wondered I should come to ask for old books 
at Basil; they had no such things! 
I leave this place tomorrow, and expect to sleep 
at Strasburg. I shall be impatient until I hear 
from you. 
Yours ever, 
W. YOunNGE. 
J. E. Smith to Dr. Younge, Paris. 
My dear Sir, Genoa, July 21, 1787. 
I thank you for your long and entertaining letter 
of July 6th; and to show my apprehension of not 
writing an answer sufficiently long to satisfy you, 
I begin as near the top of my sheet as possible ; but 
Iam not in the way of writing so eventful an epi- 
stle as yours. I have often wanted to see Drosera 
_in the state you describe. Your Lobelia is probably 
L. Dortmanna, and your Rhododendron certainly 
ferrugineum. Iwill not fail to visit Tissot. Here 
are many people with goitres in the mountainous 
country of Genoa. I have been with Dr. Pratolon- 
go, with whom J am much pleased, to a little coun- 
