lO TRAVELLING MEMORANDUMS, Sept. J^4, 



nary armies, and the influence of mercenary priefts. A 

 Frederick rarely, very rarely e^dfts'; a Monarch 'wKo 

 had capacity to conceive, and virtue to pra£lice the 

 golden rule of government, — T/:at the people s profpe- 

 rity is the only fure foundation of a monarch'' s honour and 

 inferefl. _ ... 



Tlie horfe I purchafed ^at ^/a.- ferves me well; — 

 for amufement, exercife, change of air, I frequently 

 ^nake jaunts upon him as far as Toulon, I there be- 

 came acquainted with a Moiif. Caffarilliy lieutenant of 

 i king's fliip -, from his company and converfation I 

 nave derived :>.uch pleafure and information — I alfd 

 had the good fortune here to be further acquainted with 

 the celebrated Ahhc Raynal.—At the age of feventy-four, 

 he .has, for fome years, lived with an -extraordinary ab- 

 ftinence of diet.— He drinks no fermented liquors, and 

 fubl:fls "altogether on cow's milk and bread ; by this 

 regimen, he enjoys perfect health and high fpirits •, he 

 talks inccffantly, but is conitantly entertaining, often 

 inflruftive 3 and in converfation he exprefles- himfelf 

 with the fame propriety and peffpicuity as he does in 

 his v.-ritings. ■....: . i 



The many good offices of myTjanker Frances Grenef, 



and other gentlemen of this country, confirm an opinion 



i have formed of the French charafter in general, 



that they are not merely polite, but really friendly and 



beneficent. — A A'lonf. Bottle, afHyeres, is remarkable 



for obliging attention to ftrangers, efpecially the Bri- 



ttfh.-r— He has merited my regard by numberlefs good 



offices.— I found him engaged in a proje£l of building 



;i new and commodious hotel, in an excellent fituation, 



— I difcovered that his finances were ratlier deficient, 



and 1 granted fome aid,--I hope it ihall profper. 



-" During my refidence at Hyeres I' have amufed my- 



felf very agreeably, and efFedually, in making colledions 



of natural 'curiofities •, fhells and other maritime bodies, 



foffils, fpars, and minerals. In this favourite objec' 



f v-Tis r;*:Ti3Tlcnbh"'afli?led bv mv old- Scotilh frrv?v.' 

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