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ries of thefe countries, has been an obflacle to 

 the execution of this projcvSt. 



I can aiTure you, that I fhouid have been very 

 happy to accompany him, both for the honour 

 of my King and for my own fatisfaclion ; for, 

 notwithftanding the fatigues and dangers I have 

 undergone in my voyages, I liave never been 

 difgufted or tired out of patience. Misfortunes 

 pafs like dreams, and I fee nothing fo happy as 

 the life of a traveller •, he conilantly kc$ new 

 pbje6ls, which inftrucl and amufe him at the 

 fame time. His mind is cultivated in an agree- 

 able manner, he learns to read the great book of 

 the univerfe, which cannot be read in a library, 

 where there are as many fyftems, opinions, and 

 contradidlions, as authors. If you were in my 

 place, you would have room to make philofo- 

 phical refledlions. I am, SIR, &c. 



^/ the fort ofTomhekbi^ the 

 2,0th cf September 1759. 



P. S. As I may perhaps not meet with an op- 

 portunity of writing to you this good while, on 

 account of the war, I fhall add here an abftrad 

 concerning the differences which have arifen be- 

 tween 



