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down thither, so superior to that of the 

 unmanageable rabble which alone he had 

 hitherto been a witness of. He viewed it, 

 as he had beheld the dogs, with the enthu- 

 siasm of a sportsman ; and conceiving that 

 every man who ranked in this class was 

 deeply interested in the truth of the doc- 

 trines here developed, and that he would 

 be equally gratified by the manner in which 

 the subject had been handled, he ceased 

 not to press the author for their instant 

 publication. Nor was it with less than a 

 strong remonstrance against the threats 

 of their publication, in the state they then 

 were, that the letters were obtained back 

 again by the author: under the promise 

 of a further attempt on his part (if per- 

 mitted), by means of a more perfect 

 arrangement of the whole matter, which 

 in its original transmission he was in no 

 wise solicitous about; by dismissing, as 

 much as was convenient, some local and 

 personal familiarities, which had given a 

 peculiar zest to it with the individual to 

 whom they were addressed, but which 

 might not be equally relished by the 



