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Rogert Burns. — , 
Mauchline, 29th Sept. 1788. 
I send you the book, my dear Sir, 
along with this letter, by our Mauchline 
carrier. JI am just arrived from Niths- 
dale, jaded and fatigued to death; so 
I shall only say, the book is to me 
as a right-hand, or a right-eye, so I know 
you will take proper care of it, and re- 
turn it soon. Drop me a line, by post, 
or return of carrier, if the book come 
to hand. I am most truly, my dear Sir, 
your’s, Rogert Burns, 
DR. CALAMY. 
Honoured Sir,—-Mr. Mayo, Dr. Earle, 
Mr. John Evans, and I have agreed to 
do ourselves the honour to wait upon 
you at dinner, on Monday next, if we 
may be so happy as to find you free from 
company, and not otherwise engaged ; and 
it is attheir common request this waits 
upon you, that we may not be trouble- 
some, where our aim is to express our 
most sincere respects. If another day 
would be more convenient, we should 
be thankful for notice of it, by my ser- 
vant, the bearer. 
- At whatever time you are pleased to 
fix, I shall take care to make restitution 
of the cancel book, you were so kind as 
to put into the hands of professor Craw- 
ford ; and also to present you with that 
small piece of the great Erasmus, which 
my son was mentioning, when he had the 
henour (upon which he values himself) 
of dining at your table. I am, your 
honour’s most obedient humble servant, 
Epm. Caramy. 
BISHOP PERCY TO ANDREW CALDWELL, ESQ. 
Oct. 27th 1802. 
Dear Sir,—I hope this will find you 
returned in good health, after a pleasant 
sojourn at Harrowgate, &c., and that you 
have found all your family well at home. 
As you informed me that my Lord Char- 
lemont would kindly allow my friend, 
who is preparing an edition of Lyes- 
phron, to avail himself of Milton’s 
emendations, &c., and that his brother, 
the member for the county of Armagh, 
would have the goodness to carry it, 
when he goes over next month to attend 
parliament, J now trouble you on that 
subject ; and beg to be favoured with a 
line by the return of the post, to inform 
me if, in consequence of your arrival in 
Dublin, and obliging application to his 
Lordship, &c., I need not apply to him 
myself or Mrs. Caulfield on this subject. 
. Montuty Mac. No. 400. 
Remains of eminent Persans. 
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In that case, you may assure his 
Lordship I will take care the book shal] 
be safe returned to his library, and he 
will herein pursue the steps of his good 
father, who never was so happy as when 
he was promoting the cause of litera- 
ture; and the learned gentleman for 
whom I apply, will most gratefully 
acknowledge this very liberal indulgence. 
Tam, dear Sir, your faithful and obe- 
dient servant, 
Tuomas Dromore. 
Mason tHE Port. 
Aston, January 23d 1795. 
Dear Madam,—Whatever you may 
please to say, either out of courtesy, or 
rather courtliness, I still believe that you 
did doubt of my veracity, and therefore 
Tam happy to find, from your very obli- 
ging letter, that the pains I have taken 
towards my own vindication have not 
proved abortive. As to your flying frogs, 
I have heard enough of that species, 
to believe you have rather gone be- 
yond strict veracity when you gave their 
agility so very volatile an epithet. I 
therefore rest in a kind of philosophical 
suspense on that subject, yet shall be 
happy in being convinced, not so much 
for the sake of conviction, as for the 
pleasure I shall have in meeting you 
again at Fulham. Believe me, dear ma- 
dam, yours very sincerely, 
W. Mason. 
DR. BLACK. 
Edinburgh, December 2, 1784. 
Dear Sir,—l am much obliged to you 
for your account of Dr. Priestley’s late 
experiments on water. I have also 
received from Mr. Watt a copy of his 
paper on that subject. But, as you 
mentioned the birth, ef zerostatic expe- 
riments, I heg leave; to communicate to 
you more fully my thoughts on. that 
subject. In. the first place, although 
what I have already informed. you of ts 
strictly trué; I by no means set up any 
claim for merit ia the invention of ma- 
chines for zrial flight and excursions. 
The experiment with the thin bladder, 
which I proposed as a striking example 
of Mr, Cavendish’s discovery, was ‘so 
very obyious, that any person might 
have thought of it. But I certainly 
never thought of making large artificial 
bladders, in order to lift heavy weights, 
and carry men up into the air by .their 
means. I have »o suspicion ‘that: this 
was thought of anywhere before we 
began to hear of its being attempted in’ 
France; and.J donot donbt’ that what 
et has 
