68 MEMOIRS OF 



" breathe, change it many times in a day, 

 " by opening your windows." 



So faying, he ftept down from the tub, 

 and returning with his party to their boat, 

 they purfued their voyage. 



Dr. Johnfon was feveral times at Lich- 

 field, on vifits to Mrs. Lucy Porter his 

 daughter-in-law, while Dr. Darwin was 

 one of its inhabitants. They had one or 

 two interviews, but never afterwards 

 fought each other. Mutual and ftrong 

 diflike fubfifted between them. It is 

 curious that in Dr. Johnfon's various let- 

 ters to Mrs. Thrale, now Mrs. Piozzi, 

 publiftied by that lady after his death, 

 many of them, at different periods, dated 

 from Lddvpeld, the name of Darwin 

 cannot be found ; nor indeed, that of any 

 of the ingenious and lettered people who 

 lived there ; while of its mere common-life 

 characters there is frequent mention, with 

 many hints of Lichfield's intellectual bar- 



rennefs, 



