by poat to Peking for my ins peel bn ; oa readiug iliem, I 

 admired our auiboi^t etudy of ih& curioai , bul regretted iku 

 he tiad t>esLow«d his aUeniion oti aucli a etrange and disLunt 

 region, which had not jet come uodef the influence of our 

 cirilizmg doctrines. If he had but obtained oflice in the 

 places vvhidi be visitedj he would certainly have beeu able 

 to poiotout theeatjy rmm the difficutt, to enquire into ad- 

 vantages and disadvantaget, and practice that which was 

 lolid and useful, thus proting a benefit to the men of Im 

 ag« i bow juueh better would that have been, than drawing 

 up a mere accouni of what he bad witnessed, for the inspee^ 

 lion of future readers. His odes and essays were warm 

 and glowing, and displayed conaid^bte feeling ; he bad no 

 need to pirate the elegant ideas of former writers, aa his own 

 effut^'^ns were sufficiently excellent. It was suitable there* 

 fore that I should accord him the re^pfct thut wat h»'du6. 

 An old teacher of out village, call** S*J ^ ^I^ew^ing- 

 Vitf a near relation of our author, u^- - say, that ou re^id. 

 iog OUT friend's poetry, the Bxfl *^x' itemed warmer Uiaa 

 wordi could ej^ircis; also that on perusing liis *^ Desultory 

 Account/' (he idea of pitying the times and b'lming the mm-* 

 nere of the age, leemed embodied in the w-^rk. Now hd 

 muit have been intimately acquainted with our Author^ ihut 

 to asceTlain the tendency of hia words, aud what need is tViSi^ 

 that one so uoskilful aa should uee #0 much tautology 

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