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they are Scotch apothecaries, who are men of t T ^ R 
professional skill, and of acknowledged supe- * — 
riority. In some places abroad the practitioners 
are really natives of England : but when this 
happens to be the case, the traveller is cau- 
tioned to shun them, however celebrated they 
may be, as he values his existence. With few 
exceptions, there are no instances of men of ability 
among expatriated English physicians ; neither 
would such men leave their country, to settle 
among foreigners, unless compelled by circum- 
stances of misconduct at home. Those Eng- 
lishmen upon the continent who bear the name of 
physicians will generally be found, upon inquiry, 
to have exercised no such profession in their own 
country ; but to have lived either as servants in 
the shops of apothecaries, of chemists, and of 
druggists, or to have practised as veterinary 
surgeons, farriers, or itinerant empirics. 
The Russian nobility are passionately fond of Manners 
travelling ; and, under the circumstances of the People. 
Emperor Paul’s administration, this passion 
increased with the difficulty of its gratification. 
Some of them entertain extravagant notions of 
the wealth and happiness of Englishmen ; and 
they have good reason so to do, since every 
thing they possess that is either useful or in 
any degree estimable comes to them from 
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