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the most agreeable friend I had in France. Introduce him, 

 if you find it proper, to all the friends of your absent friend, 

 to Oswald and to Elliot in particular. I cannot express to 

 you how anxious I am that his stay in London should be 

 rendered agreeable to him. You know him, and must know 

 what a plain, worthy, honourable man he is. I have enclosed 

 a letter for him, which you may either send to him, or rather, 

 if the weighty affairs of state will permit it, deliver it to him 

 yourself. The letter to Dr. Morton you may send by the 

 penny post. 



" My business here is study, in which I have been very 

 deeply engaged for about a month past. My amusements 

 are long solitary walks by the sea side. You may judge how 

 I spend my time. I feel myself, however, extremely happy, 

 comfortable, and contented. I never was perhaps more so in 

 all my life. You will give me great comfort by writing to 

 me now and then, and by letting me know what is passing 

 among my friends at London. Remember me to them all, 

 particularly to Mr. Adams's family and to Mrs. Montague. 



"What has become of Rousseau? Has he gone abroad, 

 because he cannot contrive to get himself sufficiently perse- 

 cuted in Great Britain? 



" What is the meaning of the bargain that your Ministry 

 have made with the India Company? They have not I see 

 prolonged their Charter, which is a good circumstance. What 

 are you going to do/'* 



Thinking it probable that the Dalkeith repositories might 

 contain some letters, the present Duke of Buccleugh was 

 kind enough, at my request, to make search, but none were 

 found. 



I have much satisfaction in adding the following letter, 

 because it gives Dr. Smith's first impressions, which in this 

 case proved most just ones, of a person whose virtues and 

 amiable qualities were the theme of universal respect and 

 esteem during her whole life, the late Duchess of Buccleugh, 

 grandmother of the present Duke. 



* Remainder of the letter obliterated. 



