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by their savage proceedings. I ever thought they 
had neither virtue nor religion enough to deserve, 
at present, or to attain, the noble object. they 
aimed at. 
T am, dear Sir, with true esteem, 
Your faithful humble Servant, 
R. Putteney. 
Thomas Pennant Esq.to J. E.. Smith. 
Dear Sir, Downing, March 9, 1791. 
Your travels were continued to Holyhead, and 
are but just returned, otherwise I should have sooner 
made my best acknowledgements. 
From the part I have read I have little doubt of the 
satisfaction I shall have in the perusal to the last 
page. I opened accidentally on your account of the 
French, which suits my sentiments most exactly. 
I detest the savages ; but think every virtuous man 
must be struck with horror at the abandoned man- 
ners of Louis XV. and his court. Could reformers 
tell where the proud waves of correction should 
stop, it would be happy: but the cruel inundation 
has made havoc indiscriminate. But Providence 
for wise ends often suffers its judgements to pass 
over the just and unjust. When we weep when we 
hear of the axe falling on the merciful Louis XVI., 
how do we exult when we see under it Brissot and 
a number of the other regicides. 
I thank you for the fine drawings. Adieu. 
Yours most faithfully, 
THOMAS PENNANT. 
