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I cannot help saying that the simile of the Pope, 
when alarmed, going to the Castle of St. Angelo, 
equals, in my opinion, any thing to be found in my 
favourite Hudibras.—J. A. 
12. Syllabus of a Course of Lectures on Botany. 
1795. 
13. Natural Mistory of the rarer Lepidopterous 
Insects of Georgia, from the Observations of John 
Abbot. Two vols. folio, published in 1797, and 
dedicated to Miss Johnes of Hafod. 
The following letter from Mr. Jones relates to 
this work : 
Mr. W. Jones to J. EF. Smith. 
Dear Sir, Chelsea, 9th Sept. 1797. 
Had you ere this pronounced the sentence of in- 
gratitude upon me, the world in general would have 
justified you, appearances are so very greatly against 
me, for not giving you thanks for your magnificent 
present before; but the truth is I was not in pos- 
session of it till this morning. I went to the book- 
seller’s no less than three times before I could get 
it; and even today I believe I should have been sent 
off without it, if I had not showed myself greatly 
dissatisfied. I took it under my arm, but soon found 
it sufficiently weighty. Did you ever see a carica- 
ture of a three-pounder going up Hampstead Hill 
to dinner ?>—a man oppressed with his own weight, 
yet surmounting all difficulties that he might enjoy 
the pleasures of the table. So I laboured abundantly 
