3c 6 TRAVELLING MEMORANDURK. July 6f. 



zens make large fortunes, many of them are la eafy cir- 

 cumilances. — Monlieur Faye made mention of a famous 

 Doftor, Monfieur ■ , who, in twenty years practice, 



may have acquired twelve or fourteen thoufand pounds 

 Sterling. — I propofed a confnltation on my complaints, 

 wit'i a fee of two or three guineas, in our fafhion. — My 

 friend told me, I IhouJd run no hazard of difcrediting 

 my country, if T left, on the doctor's table, a fee of two 

 pieces, of fixlivres each, — tliat is, ten (hillings Sterling. 

 — My Scotch- pride raifed it to one Louis d'or, for 



which- 1 had good advice " to ufe the beft bark 



*'i could find, moderately, and not habitually." He 



gave the fame opinion precifeiy, which I had from 

 our eminent old Doftor Clerk, more than ihircy years 

 ago, — " That my nerVous complaints are not curable, 

 ♦* but may be mitigated and relieved, — not by medi- 

 " cines, but by proper regimen, moderate exercife, 



*' and' change of air." He approved tiighly of Do£lor 



G 's opinion, with regard to regimen, and he bade 



m^ take for my motto, Nt.v£R rest, and a6l according- 

 ly. — He very highly conmiends the climate of Nice. — 

 He does not diffuade me from a temporary refidence at 

 llyeres, but makes one objection to it, — that there is 

 in that pleafant territory, a' degree of dampnefs arif- 

 iiig from the nature of the foil. 



My efteemed landlady has made me acquainted with 



two very agreeable fellow^lcdgers — a Mr. P e 



from Ireland. — 1 have rarely feen a more ingenious, 

 well-bred, and promifmg youth. — My other agreeable 

 acqi^intance is a Monfieur Clair, — a French gentleman 

 advanced in years, but, in fpirit, perfedlly youthful, — 

 and in character, he appears un vrais philofophe. — I have 

 occafion to obferve and to know, that he delights in 

 offices of kindnefs and humanity, without any objtft 



of interefl Though his incomes, from a fmall eftate in 



tlie neighbourhood, are very moderate, his habits of 

 life are correfponding, frugal, fimple, and genteel;— an<* 



