LETTER II. 



Scenery y promenades y amufementSy i^c. of Southampton . lis 

 many accommodations for the fick and the well. RefeBions 

 upon viftting the encampment near Southampton. Remarks 

 upon the difcouraging fentiments conveyed to the troops, 

 The author obtains leave of abfence to return to London. 

 Probable mijlake refpeBing the author y and fome of his 

 comrades. The utility of perfons engaged in the fervice 

 accommodating themfelves to circumflances. Facility of 

 yielding to events a leading feature in the charaEler of the 

 French. RefleElions upon this principle as forming a con-' 

 iraft between the French and Englijh. Further obferxya^ 

 iions upon the French charaEler, 



Southampton, 0£l. 5. 



you a llranger to Southampton, I 

 might offer you many full pages upon its de- 

 lightful fituatlon, and the many charms of its 

 environs; for it cannot be difputed that this 

 town and neighbourhood afford more of 

 pleafing fcenery, convenience, and accom- 

 modation, than moft other fpots in England. 

 Within the town, the fick and the feeble 

 have the benefit of fea-bathing, the well and 

 the diffipated the amufements of a playhoufc, 

 public rooms, card-playing, and affemblies 



