38 MEMOIR OF 



earnestly beg of you to remember me to Mr 

 Carnegie, whom we had the pleasure of enjoying 

 in Burgundy for twelve months ; and he left me 

 and every person who knew him, to regret his 

 departure. He does not live at Edinburgh, but 

 at Kinnaird, which is distant from it, I believe, 

 about 15 or 20 leagues. I have learnt, with 

 infinite satisfaction, that, though a young man, he 

 represents the burghs of his county in Parliament. 

 " Receive, Sir, the assurances of the respectful 

 esteem and gratitude with which I have the 

 honour to be, &c. 



COUNT DE BUFFON." 



Daring the publication of the translation of 

 Buffon, Mr Smellie's partnership with Mr Balfour 

 was dissolved, and he entered into a new engage- 

 ment with Mr Creech, in 1783. 



His principal original work, which he entitled 

 the Philosophy of Natural History, was published 

 in quarto in 1790. For this first volume he received 

 one thousand guineas. It is divided into twenty- 

 two chapters ; consisting of a series of essays on 

 various topics in the general economy of animal 

 bodies chiefly, excepting one chapter devoted to 

 a critical examination of the hypothesis of the 

 sexual system of vegetables. 



CHAP. 1. Is an essay on the distinguishing 

 characters of animals, plants, and minerals. 



2. Gives a view of the organs and general 

 structure of animals, beginning with man. 



