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the result even of perplexity of thought. 

 I know not how I can express my notions 

 of the cause and effect of this obscurity 

 more briefly and clearly than by a kind of 

 metaphor , I have been accustomed to use 

 on this occasion. The products of the 

 fermentation of that mixture of knowledge 

 and talent which there was in the mind of 

 Jytf^, , Hunter, seem to me to have been 

 completely formed. Yet the mass still re- 

 mained in commotion, and sufHcient time 

 had not elapsed to allow of those products 

 becoming perfectly clear. If I have not 

 overrated the value of such products, I 

 may urge some claim to approbation for 

 having carefully collected and filtered 

 them. To express my meaning without 

 metaphor, for having sedulously endea- 

 voured to make out Mr. Hunter's opi- 

 nions, and tried, at least, to express them 

 more distinctly. I heartily wish, indeed. 



