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To thofe who have never feen Mr. Led yard, it may not, 
perhaps, be uninterelling to know, that his perfon, though fcarce- 
ly exceeding the middle fize, was remarkably expreilive of ac- 
tivity and ih-ength ; and that his manners, though unpoliflied, 
were neither uncivil nor vmpleafing. Little attentive to diffe- 
rence of rank, he feemed to confider all men as his equals, and as 
fuch he refpe6led them. His genius, though uncultivated and 
ii-regular, was original and comprehenfive. Ardent in his willies, 
yet calm in his deliberations ; daring in his purpofes, but guarded 
in his meafures ; impatient of controul, yet capable of ftrong 
endurance ; adventurous beyond the conception of ordinary men, 
y^et wary and confiderate, and attentive to all precautions, he ap- 
peared to be formed by Nature for atchievements of hardihood 
^•nd peril 
They who compare the extent of his pilgrimage through the 
^^aft regions of Tartary with the fcantinefs of his funds, will na- 
turally afk, by what means he obtained a fubfiftence on the 
road ? All that I have ever learned from him on the fubjed, was, 
that his fufferings were exceffive, and that more than once he 
owed his life to the compaffionate temper of the women. This 
lad remark is flrongly confirmed by the following Extrad from 
Jiis account of his Siberian Tour : 
G 2 "I have 
