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uninhabited? Better therefore to be much in the 
busy world, and little out of it; and therefore, as I 
said before, you had better reverse the matter; be 
nine months here, and three there. 
I want you very much to give me specimens of 
Hypericum dubium and quadrangulum, and indeed 
any other choice specimens which Hafod may afford. 
My very particular thanks are due to you for in- 
troducing me to Sir Thomas Frankland; I wish this 
had taken place before we had finished our paper 
on Fuci. I think his correspondence will make it 
necessary to make an addendum to our paper. 
I have long since gone through your Flora, &c. 
—I am interrupted.—Always yours affectionately, 
S. GOODENOUGH. 
These affectionate letters want but little explana- 
tion; and it must have been a powerful impulse 
which made the friend to whom they were addressed 
resist the strong persuasions of so sincere, so warm 
and judicious a counsellor. 
Sir James had not long before removed from his 
house in Great Marlborough-street, and taken one 
near Mr. Lee’s nursery-garden at Hammersmith, 
which was a primary inducement with him to make 
the change. Domestic convenience, however, influ- 
enced him to leave London altogether, and he re- 
turned to his native place for a permanent residence 
in the autumn of 1796. In the city of Norwich he 
found himself among those who knew and esteemed 
him; and there, as his medical skill was not unfre- 
quently put in requisition among his intimate ac- 
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