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fome villas near It not only Improve the fur- 

 rounding fcenerj^ but, likewlfe, impofe a ge- 

 neral air of wealth and opulence. 



yoD know my habit of vifiting what 

 are called the lions of a place, as foon as pofhble 

 after my arrival, you v^ill conclude that I 

 have not negleded the encampment near 

 Southampton ; and, in this, you will judge 

 correfily, for, verily, I have not been un- 

 mindful of it. I have made it a vifit of very 

 attentive infpedion, and much do I wifli it 

 were poffible for words to convey, to you, all 

 the hoft of feelings that rufhed into my mind 

 upon the cccafion. A whole volume of 

 mixed fenfations crowded my bofom, and I 

 fcarcely knew which v/as predominant. View- 

 ing the foldiers in full contemplation of the 

 ftrid order, the manly deportment, and the 

 elevated enthufiafm of the chara£ter, my 

 mind traverfed, in hafty review, all the pe- 

 rils and hardfhips,—- the glory and honours, 

 which attach to a military life. I felt a fenfe 

 of pride and gratification on feeing fo fine 

 a body of men ready to join in our expedi- 



