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MEMOIR OF 
earnestly beg of you to remember me to Mr 
Carnegie, whom we had the pleasure of enjoying 
in Burgundy for twelve months ; and he left me 
and every person who knew him, to regret his 
departure. He does not live at Edinburgh, but 
at Kinnaird, which is distant from it, I believe, 
about 15 or ‘20 leagues. I have learnt, with 
infinite satisfaction, that, though a young man, he 
represents the burghs of his county in Parliament. 
“ Receive, Sir, the assurances of the respectful 
esteem and gratitude with which I have the 
honour to be, & c. 
“ The Count de Bdffon.” 
During the publication of the translation of 
Buffon, Mr Smellie’s partnership with Mr Balfour 
was dissolved, and he entered into a new engage- 
ment with Mr Creech, in 1783. 
His principal original work, which he entitled 
the Philosophy of Natural History, was published 
in quarto in 1790. For this first volume hereceived 
one thousand guineas. It is divided into twenty- 
two chapters ; consisting of a series of essays on 
various topics in the general economy of animal 
bodies chiefly, excepting one chapter devoted to 
a critical examination of the hypothesis of the 
sexual system of vegetables. 
Chap. 1 . Is an essay on the distinguishing 
characters of animals, plants, and minerals. 
2. Gives a view of the organs and general 
structure of animals, beginning with man. 
