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portunities. I only begged of you to have me in 

 your eye should any occasion offer. More active 

 exertion on my behalf was beyond what I had ever 

 hoped. In the mean time I am endeavouring, by 

 cultivating as much as possible the duties of my pro- 

 fession, to secure a retreat for myself in case the other 

 plan should fail. My aversion to it as an ultimate 

 object continues the same, not to mention that it 

 exposes one to the worst part of party politics, and 

 that to succeed in it requires almost as much interest 

 as to rise in the diplomatic line. I beg you will not 

 put yourself to the trouble of writing sooner than 

 your health and convenience permit. I should not 

 have answered your last, at this time, had it not ap- 

 peared necessary that you should be put in possession 

 of my resolutions, in case of chances offering, at the 

 present very singular crisis. With great respect and 

 esteem, I have the honour to be, sir, your most obliged 

 humble servant, HENRY BROUGHAM, junior. 



" Eight Hon. Sir JOSEPH BANKS, 

 " Solio Square, London." 



All this, however, resulted in nothing ; and so I 

 continued to work at my distasteful profession, in 

 hopes that some day or other business might come to 

 me. But much of my time was occupied with liter- 

 ary and scientific pursuits, and chiefly by compiling 

 a work upon the Colonial Policy of the European 

 Powers. I was employed upon this during the greater 

 part of 1801 and 1802, relieved only by weekly dis- 



