132 ALEXANDER GORDON, THE ANTIQUARY. 



letters C. 0. P. F., is read Gains Caligula pharum fecit. He 

 liastened to communicate the joyful tidings to the Baron of Penny- 

 cuik. He had printed the corrections, and proposed additions, for 

 the benefit of his old subscribers ; but he only partially removed the 

 blemishes of his sensitive patrons ; and had in other ways failed in 

 that humble deference which was expected from the literary client of 

 the eighteenth century. The Baron accordingly hailed the prospect 

 of a Latin edition, addressed to the learned cognoscenti, not of 

 Holland only, but of Europe, and thus wrote to Mr. Gale : 



" I had the favour of yours of the 1 1th January, biit could not get 

 so much time as to thank you for it, such was the hiirry of some 

 a,ffairs in which 1 am concerned ; and on the like occasions you have 

 been so good as to excuse me. I never saw Mr. Gordon's Supplement 

 till within these eight days. He had done well either not to have 

 printed at all, or done it with less precipitation. His dispute with 

 Dr. Hunter (physician at Durham) is amusing, for both what he and 

 the doctor says, about the time of erecting the Basilica, may be true. 

 I was out of all patience when I found him making remarks on some 

 of your observations, which, I believe, were never printed ; but, it 

 seems he is one of those that would rather lose their friend than their 

 jest, and a little more learning would make him a compleat modern 

 critic. I have been sorry often to observe such weaknesses ; but I 

 was so much obliged to him for the happiness he inti'oduced me to of 

 jour acquaintance, that I could overlook many faults in him. I beg 

 it of you not to discountenance him altogether, but continue to give 

 him your good advice, though he may be \qvj little capable of 

 benefiting by it. I ha,ve troubled you with the inclosed to him, 

 which I beg you would allow a servant to carry him. I see he has 

 helped off some of his ei'rata in the ' Itinerarium,' but has taken no 

 notice of some ridiculous things he made me say ; wherefore I have 

 sent him a few corrections, if there be place for them in his Latin 

 edition." 



The original edition of the Itinerarium Septentrionale bears on its 

 title — which is more in the fashion of a modern preface, — that it is 

 printed for the Author ; and sold by G. Strahan, at the Golden-Ball, 

 in Cornhill ; J. Woodham, in Russel Street, Covent Garden ; W. and 

 J. Innys, in St. Paul's Church- Yard ; and T. Woodward, at the 

 Half-Moon, near Temple-Bar. But, for some reason or other, a change 

 took place ; and other copies have a new title, printed with the date 



