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capable, in his fituatlon, of imitating his con- 
dud, I could not, ftrong as was my attach- 
ment to him, attempt to combat i'o determined 
a refolution ; and 1 therefo) e thought only 
how to employ to the greateft advantage the 
few and fleeting moments of frienclfhip that 
remained. I was anxious he fbould take with 
him fome pledge of my regard, i e was no 
naturalift, except fo far as he had imbibed 
from me a tafte for the ftudy ; yet I feleded 
from every defcription of my treafures a valu- 
able cabinet of curiofities of natural hiftory, 
which I fent on board with his other effeds i 
and I had almoft refolved to embark myfelf^ 
fo great was the dejedion of my mind at the 
idea that I fhould no longer have before my 
eyes this judicious counfellor, this confoling 
friend, who had more than once received into 
his bofom the overflowings of my heart, at a 
time too when he had his own vexations to 
devour. 
The 25th of Odober 1783, a melancholy 
epoch that has a thoufand times recurred to my 
remembrance, and that has occafioned me, of 
all the events of my life, the greatefl: portior\ 
of wearifomenefs and regret, at length arrived. 
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