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LETTER I. 



Vienna , Sepf. 23, 1771* 



1H A V E at laft the pleafure of writing to you 

 from that charming country which I was al- 

 ways fo defirous to fee. Even the fmall tract 

 which I have travelled over, between Goerts and this 

 place, convinces me it deferves the praifes given by 

 travellers, of its foft climate, natural productions, 

 and beauty, wherein it certainly furpafies almoft 

 every part of Europe. I am yet a ftranger at 

 Venice. However, at the expence of my curiofity, 

 I facrificefome hours to the pleafure of converfing 

 with you. I (hall be more than rewarded, if the 

 remarks on my journey from Vienna hither mould 

 afford to you a part of that fatisfaction, which the 

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