i66 TRAVELS THROUGH 



ruin and fpoliation would ever bp the effedfc 

 of fuch a condud. That, by means of 

 avoiding future debts and future wars, all 

 thefe good effeds would be fecured. I afked 

 what probability there was, that fo good a 

 fyftcm would be followed ? It was to be 

 wiihed, replied they, but not much to be 

 hoped. 



Thefe gentlemen, with feveral others, 

 whom I think it an honour to me to name, 

 when I mentioned my defign of travelling 

 towards Spain, introduced me to feveral 

 noblemen, who gave me letters of recom- 

 mendation to a variety of perfons in my 

 route, and promifed to write to their agents 

 and moil intelligent tenants, ordering them 

 to give me all the information I defired. 

 Among thefe I beg leave to name, M. le 

 Marquis de Fulvy, M. le Marquis de Iq, 

 Valette, M. le Comte de Maillebois, M. le 

 Due de Gontaut, M. le Comte de Mailly, 

 M. le Marquis de St. Arnaud, M. le Comte 

 de Funnel, .and M. le Vifcomte deBeaunej 

 all thefe I have taken the liberty to mention 

 firft, as they command in their refpedive 

 .provinces ; and it is with the utmoft refped 

 that I beg them to accept the fincereft ac- 

 knowledgments 



