299 
Dr. Pulteney to J. E. Smith. 
Dear Sir, Blandford, January 30, 1794. 
Mr. White sent me down, about a month ago, 
your Tour on the Continent, and I take an oppor- 
tunity, by means of a frank to my friend Dr. Garth- 
shore, to send you these few lines, to thank you for 
the entertainment I have received in the perusal of 
it. This work will, I hope, exalt your fame, and 
contribute to your emolument. Indeed I cannot 
doubt it, as you have so judiciously proportioned 
your information to such a variety of readers. You 
will not wonder that Z should have wished to have 
seen more of natural history ; but I am well aware 
how proper it was not to introduce too much of 
any particular branch of knowledge, since the ge- 
neral taste was to be consulted, to make a work 
popular. 
Your mode, however, of introducing what you 
have done on our favourite subject, is so judiciously 
managed, that I hope it will much tend to recom- 
mend it. This is not all I wish to applaud. Be 
assured, my dear Sir, that I am delighted with that 
spirit of freedom, and zeal for the cause of liberty, 
which so eminently appears throughout these vo- 
lumes: your sentiments are so congenial to my 
own, that I honour you for the expression of them, 
and for the spirit you have shown on this occasion, 
as well as for the prudent discrimination you have 
made every where betweeen Liberty and Licentious- 
ness, at a time when our neighbours are discredit- 
ing their principles, and injuring the best of causes, 
