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some moments, his own recollection, 

 he calls these languages, with some 

 humour, the red, blue, green, or 

 yellow languages, &c. according to 

 the colour of its character. Upon 

 Mr. Bruce's shewing these manu- 

 jcripts to a lady distinguished for the 

 vivacity of her remark, and in- 

 forming her that the word kiss, 

 which occurs in Solomon's song, is 

 to be met with, expressing the same 

 idea, in some passages of his rain. 

 bow of languages, she pleasantly 

 observed to him — " I always told 

 you, Mr, Bruce, that kissing is the 

 same all the world over." 

 ^ " Before we departed, Mr. Bruce 

 obligingly accompanied us to an in- 

 closure in his park to shew us all his 

 Abyssinian sheep. They are en- 

 tirely white, except their heads, 

 which are black. Their tails are 

 large, and, indeed, the animal is 

 larger than our common sheep. 

 They are extremely tame, and of- 

 ten very frolicksome. The three or 

 four remaining in Mr. Bruce's pos- 

 session, are unfortunately all males. 

 One of tliem bred with a she-goat, 

 but the offspring died. 



" Except a month or two in 

 summer, which Mr. Bruce passes 

 upon an estate in the Highlands, he 

 spends the rest of the year chiefly at 

 Kinnaird, divided betwixt his mu- 

 seum, his books, and his rural im- 

 provements, in elegant retirement 

 and lettered conversation. This 

 latter estate has descended to him 

 from ancestors of his name, who 

 have successively possessed it up- 

 wards of 380 years. He has rebuilt 

 the family mansion since his return 

 from his travels. In what we saw 

 of it, good taste and convenience 

 equally prevailed. The park appears 

 to be well wooded and pleasant, and 

 his situation commands some of the 



finest views of the Forth. His mu- 

 seum, every article ' of which, by 

 association of ideas, must recal some 

 incident, some scene, some object 

 new or strange in his travels, can- 

 not but be to him a fund of perpe- 

 tual entertainment and delight, 

 which, through the liberality of his 

 character, as a man of learning, and 

 a citizen of the world, he freely 

 communicates to all who can have 

 any pretension to approach him. 



" As every thing is interesting 

 that relates to extraordinary men, 

 you will not be displeased with a 

 trait or two of the Abyssinian tra- 

 veller's person. His figure is above 

 common size, his limbs athletic, but 

 well proportioned; his complexion 

 sanguine, his countenance manly 

 and good-humoured, and his man- 

 ners easy and polite. The whole 

 outward man is such as announces a 

 character well calculated to contend 

 with the difficulties and trying oc-> 

 casions which so extraordinary a 

 journey was sure to throw in his 

 way. That his internal character, 

 the features of his understanding 

 and his heart, correspond with 

 these outward lineaments, you who 

 have read his work cannot be at 

 any loss to know." 



Account of Henry Jones ; from the 

 European Magaxine. 



THIS author stands in the fine 

 of celebrity from his talents 

 rising above the obscurity of hi» 

 original, and the lowness of his edu- 

 cation. Like Ben Jonson, hejusaa 

 bred a bricklayer, and like him he 

 soon rehnquished the drudgery of a 

 mechanical profession for the service 

 of the muses. Jonson, however, 



having 



