MEMOIR OF DTC WRIGHT. _^ 145 



rival of Dr Wright in Edinburgh, in the month of 

 September 1804, he immediately wrote to Dr Currie, 

 acknowledging receipt of the three letters, with the 

 copy of the Reports ; and adding, 



" I blushed to read the many kind things you say of me, 

 in many parts of that excellent work. I am happy to tell 

 you, that, in the most remote parts of the Highlands, the 

 country practitioners are adopting your tenets, not only in 

 typhoid cases, but in scarlatina, with every success. 



" I had several objects, 1 '' he continues, " besides recreation 

 in view, in my late tour. Dr John Stuart, minister at 

 Luss, in Dumbartonshire, is married to a relation of mine, 

 and has long been my intimate friend. When a very young 

 man he travelled with Pennant and Lightfoot, and had a 

 principal hand in compiling the Flora Scotica. With him 

 and his family I was quite at home. His garden is stored 

 with every rare European plant, and his collection afford- 

 ed me much amusement and instruction. From Loch Lo- 

 mond I crossed the country, through several wild glens, and 

 over bad roads, to Killin, Kenmore, Strath Tay, and various 

 parts of Perthshire, and returned, after an absence of seven 

 weeks, much pleased with my journey." 



This interesting correspondence was interrupted by 

 the continued indisposition of Dr Cureie, and his 

 consequent removal to Bath ; and on his part, indeed, 

 it was never afterwards resumed. On the 25th of 

 August 180.5, Dr Wright again addressed him as 

 follows : 



" I have been too long in writing to my best friend. The 

 delay has been owing to the unsettled state of your health, 

 and to my anxiety for better tidings. Of late I have been 

 relieved by the accounts of various friends who have seen 



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