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Captain Wiïi&hî* kept him from gdihg abroad, ekcept tôs
Vifit frfeftdSy fife thé Fê'aibh akeady afligméd, afe âMb from
another prndehtiâS enoiMeratiOh, that his mind might hé
tranquil* fitor too mttch drawn off From the gfeat object in
view, the attaining the îànguàge, which wôùH enable him to
comprehend fully every purpofed information,, and to enjoy
better-Whatever he ïhould then be fhewri. The river, the
fhipping,: and the blitzes he was fbrcihîy ftrùck With ; and
he was fevferaî times taken to fee fete gnards èker^Fe'd ahd
march in St. J5amiss’s Park, a fight which gratified hfih mttchi
«Very thing that Was military greatly ettgagkfghiS tttehuon.
To a yoüirg creature, fftuated as he was, and Whofé eye and
mind were ever in queft of information, circu&ftanCës perpetually
tjcctrrred, that at tb& tïftoe fntefêfted fbôfe who ^ere
about him, but which at pfêfent Would he ffeipafilhgToo
tnndh on the reader to mention.
I went to fee him tire morning after Ltth&kC'fS' feift afc
rent in the balloon, not doubting but that r ihould have
found him to the grêateft degree affoniflied at an exhibition
which had excited fo much curiofity even amongft Oürfeïvës ;
hut, to my great ftirprize, it did not appear to have engaged
him in the feaff.y fite feld, fe- thought it à 'ifèty fotfiijfh wing
to ride in tiré Oit tike a frif dÿ when a wan could travel fo
much more pledfamtly on. horféb'a’ck^ or in a Coach.—He wal
either not aware ofthe difficulty, or hazard o‘f the enterpfize,
or it is not improbable that a man flying up through the
clouds, fufpended at a balloon, might have been ranked by
him
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him as a. éommqn ötmurreneéi in ' a country which was per- _
petuaHy fpreading before him ft? mfny fubjlll? nf fw PR^
Whenever hehad opparttmihesof feeiPf^g^dfU§r'bef W^s .
an attentive q Werver of the plamsandfrmikrrqes, àih
many qüeftions about them* and fay, when herttttrned home,
he Would Cake feeds of fuch as woulfi-hv^ancl fipurilh in
P k-l e w ; talkedfrequeatly ofthe.:things;he fliofild thenpep-
fuade the King to alter, or adopt ; and: appear edim yipwiM
mofeobjeâa ta ccÉnfider how far thdy might- be .rendered ■
ufeful to his own eauntry.
I « iHei was mow proceeding witty hâftyi firides im gp^ning thf
Wtiglfh language* and advancing: fo' rapidly with hfepenyttifi
he woyMq>robably. in a. fec^^tâmeh^qny^n^wery^.;
hand, when he was overtaken with that very difeafe,. which
with fo much caution had been guarded again*. On the 16th
of December^ felt, himfelf much indifpofed, and in a da^o?
two aft« an eruption appealed #1 over hjm.v-iGflpt&ift'Wjx-
'Called to irnform m e of-his;*utîçafi-nefâ„ amd was, then
g#«g m Dr. .CïékmcoeaiL Smith? |o»y«qsiefi,,ha would %
him, apprehending that k miglk hwthe,ßmd^P^
Pf, S'MtTB,. with whofe profefifenal abilities are united
every atkompliihment pf th# fehedar andthp gentleman, and.
whofe frisM&ip 1 feel a pride in acknowledging myfelf
long poffeflfcd of, defued me to go-with him: tq Rqtuer-
« ïthoe*o When he defeended from iM® Bqö’s ^ï^ipber
(where he rather wiflaed’ me not, to gp) he told .the family
2 z % that