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alone and on foot, through Swe- 

 den, Norway, and part of Russia, 

 taking views of the wild and sub- 

 lime scenery which the Norwegian 

 mountains, the Kol of Sweden, and 

 the lakes and forests to the north 

 of the Neva, offer to the eye of the 

 enthusiast of nature : 



" Pine-covered rocks, 

 And mountain forests of eternal shade. 

 And glens and vales, on whose green 



quietness 

 The lingering eye reposes, and fair lakes 

 That image tbeughttbliageof the beech." 



SOUTHEY. 



Many of Mr. Fox's acquaintance 

 wilhemember the pleasure theyonce 

 felt in beholding these beautiful 

 productions of his pencil, and in 

 hearing him read the manuscript 

 account of his travels. He posses- 

 sed great facility in the acquirement 

 of languages, and pursued with 

 much success the study of oriental 

 literature. His collection of orien- 

 tal manuscripts was a considerable 

 one, and his poems of Hafiz, Sadi, 

 Jami, Auvari, Ferdusi, and others; 

 " Thirazian gardens, prodigal of 

 blooms," would fill several volumes. 

 About six years ago, he had pre- 

 pared two volumes of poems, from 

 the Persian, for the press. But in- 

 creasing debility of constitution, 

 disqualified him for the labour of 

 publication, and he continued to 

 add to the number of his former 

 translations, until within a short 

 period of his death. In a recent 

 letter to the writer of this, he says, 

 «' that the many disagreeables of 

 publication are so very opposite to 

 every inducement of writing, that 

 they cast a damp upon each gene- 

 rous mind, and destroy poetic sen- 

 timent. For the hapless author has 

 not only to sustain the shock of 

 caustic illiberality on the one hand. 



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but of talents prostituted to the in- 

 terests of certain booksellers, who 

 require every thing to be depreci- 

 ated in which they have no copy- 

 right, on the other." It is to this 

 opinion of the dangers of author- 

 ship, that we may attribute the cir- 

 cumstance of Mr. Fox having writ- 

 ten so much, yet published so little. 

 In 1797, he published a volume of 

 poems, " containing the Plaints, 

 Consolations, andDelights of Ach- 

 med Ardebelli, a Persian Exile," 

 which was well received. This 

 work evinces vigour of thought, 

 beauty of expression, and elegance 

 of sentiment. The notes afford 

 much information on oriental sub- 

 jects. In 1792, Mr. Fox married 

 miss Feniers, the daughter of a 

 Dutch merchant, who survives him. 

 To young persons of a literary 

 taste, he was particularly friendly ; 

 his fire-side and instructive conver- 

 sation ever welcomed them. He 

 encouraged them in their pursuits, 

 directed their studies, and relieved 

 their necessities. For several years 

 prior to his decease, he had retired 

 from business, and passed his re- 

 tirement in the cultivation of that 

 talent for poetry, which he ever va- 

 lued as the companion of his soli- 

 tude, the ornament and solace of 

 active life. His heart was warm 

 and benevolent, his conduct virtu- 

 ous and unoffending, and his forti- 

 tude and resignation under long 

 continued bodily indisposition were 

 manly and exemplary. 



At Taunton, aged 70, the hon. 

 sir Jacob Wolfi', bart. of Chumleigh, 

 Devon. He was a baron of the 

 Holy Roman Empire, and the elder 

 and only brother of Baron Wolff. 

 Sir Jacob was descended from an 

 ancient and illustrious noble family, 

 who possessed a fief of the empire 



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