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Pray send me them complete at your leisure, as I 
have no copy of them. 
I got to Paris, September 19th, and am employing 
myself at the Cabinet du Roi, where my work is 
nearly finished. Icannot too highly thank you for 
procuring me the acquaintance of the De Lessert 
family, of which however I have hitherto only seen 
the female part, the gentlemen being all at Lyons 
at present, but they are expected home soon. Parr, 
who knew the young men at Edinburgh, took me 
one morning in his whiskey to Passy; Mrs. De Les- 
sert invited us to dinner a few days after, and I never 
spent a more agreeable day. I looked over the her- 
barium of Rousseau with great pleasure. I find his 
letters on botany wereaddressed to Mrs. De Lessert. 
Tam very much pleased with my servant in every 
respect ; he is a remarkably clever lad, and at pre- 
sent very good. He is beginning to learn drawing, 
and succeeds in everything he attempts. Brous- 
sonet is gone into the country this morning on 
some agricultural business. 
Here are great reforms going on. L’Ecole Mi- 
litaire is to be abolished, and the house made an 
hospital. We have been at Versailles and saw the 
King and Queen, but the waters have ceased play- 
ing for the winter,—a great disappointment. 
Adieu, my good friend; believe me I shall ever 
‘think with pleasure on the time we have spent to- 
gether. I could scarcely have hoped that so long 
a connection of the same kind with any one would 
have left me so many pleasing ideas. 
J. E. Smiru. 
