PREFACE 
XXI 
that I am in a country, in every respect, delightful. I already per¬ 
ceive that no one is tormented here by law-suits, as in Normandy and 
elsewhere, and that whatever is possessed may be enjoyed in tran¬ 
quillity. 
“ The climate is charming, and the society is very agreeable: but 
you must first be acquainted with all that formerly related to this little 
terrestrial Paradise, before you read what is actually passing in it, 
or what I may hereafter experience in common with the other inhabi¬ 
tants of it. 
(Signed,) “ Grant.’ 1 
