ADVERTISEMENTS... 
HE title page announces the termination of my 
authorial exiftence, which took place on March 
1ft, 1791. Since that period, I have glided through the 
globe a harmlefs fprite ; have pervaded the continents of 
Europe, Afia, and Africa, and defcribed them with the 
fame authenticity as Gemeli Careri, or many other tra- 
vellers, ideal or real, who are to this day read with avi- 
dity, and quoted with faith. My great change is not per- 
ceived by mortal eyes. I ftill haunt the bench of jut 
tices. I am now active in haftening levies of our 
generous Britons into the field. However unequal, I 
‘fill retain the fame zeal in the fervices of my country; 
and twice fince my departure, have experienced human 
paffions, and have grown indignant at injuries offered 
tO my native land; or have incited a vigorous defence 
againft the lunatic defigns of enthufiaftic tyranny, or the 
prefumptuous plans of fanatical atheifts to fpread their 
reign and force their tenets on the contented moral part 
of their fellow creatures. May I remain poflefied with 
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