P R E F A C E.
T h e greatdifficultywithwhieh a} di&tant correspondence as gamed on
during war, madeitheAuthor r r f e s p r v e tótl jjbiisLétïérs, fthat in
oÉsè happening to! ;th#rö3%j#**ls, be JJPgb* have the pleasure
of deliveringvthe copies todhasdriends on his return to Europe.
11 * But^enhiS*’ arrival at Lisbon, the events which then-ftookplace in the
Peninsula, prevented- his proceeding touGermany Ifey fend.
p This difficulty was not removed after hé came ;to Englatid; the interruption
o,f its commercial relations^ with Gamtapent presented insuperable
obstacles in the ’way of his intended voyage to his native country.
During a sévefë' indisposition, and to employ ibis d^hure hours in improving
hithself in the English language,ihe began to translate,the following
Letters from the German;’in which they were originally written. His
manuscript having been read by some esteemed dr jends, their favourable
judgment induced him to have the whole revised),; and cleared of. the most
striking^ inaccuracies b f language, to which a foreigner is naturally liable.
:T h a t’pjfed>fHMJ4 tó ^ h i which he gives: h& opinion ftmfcky,on. the
situation of the GölonieSj^ith^regatrd tóüthe present and future supply,of
rniègfoes for their cultivationj • may'seemto require a particular explanation.
In 'deshiSbihg "the settlements where he resided, i t was natural, and
indèed unavoidable, that some reffeetipns mould occur, upon a subject
which is öf so much importanGetoHhe; Colonies, and which has occasioned
m «0 much’ specüktóon '4ni'Eöropé.i . " si’he iAuthor isi awareihow general a
desire has been manifested to new-model thenlaws of the,Golonies; and it
appeared to. him that- no good effect could be expected from an alteration