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LETTER VI. 



Author receives hif^riicliQns to proceed to Cork in the Bridge- 

 nvater tranfport. Is offered an exchange from the St, 

 t)omingo to the Leeward IJland JIaff, Embarkation of 

 troops, Tempeftuous Jcenery at Fort/mouth. Author v'lfits the 

 • Circus. Adventure of a Britip tar at this theatre. Author 

 lodges at the Widow Butler's, Is led into religious contra - 

 verfy with his hoflejs. Obtains her bl effing^ by prefcribing 

 ujimple food for her children, - Page 5 2 



• LETTER Vn. 



Author goes to Spithead and St. Helenas with Dr. Hendetfon^ 

 in fearch of the Bridgewater tranfport. They return id 

 Portftnouth unficcefsful. Violent florm on the 2<^th of 

 05hber, Its effeEl upon the minds of the common people. 

 Fleets detained by bad weather^ and coTitrary winds. Sug" 

 gefion that an approaching peace may prevent ihe expedi" 

 iion from proceeding to its deflination. Credulity of a Ir^pO" 

 chondriac lady, who ajked a celebrated empiric to tell her 

 the name of her malady, - - 62 



LETTER VIIL 



Author and his colleagues joined by Dr. Cleghorn. Doctors 

 Mofler^ CleghorUy and the author cotemporaries at Edin- 

 burgh, and fellow-pupils of Guy's and St. Thomas's. 

 Author and his comrades^ joined by Mr. Nicholl^ again viftt 

 ihe Dock-yard, Hafar Hofpital^ and Forion Prifon, Vi' 

 ajfitudes of war exemplified in the cafe of a French pri- 

 foner, - ^ - . ^ 74 



