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288 our minds with high ideas of the wild philoopher. When he came into the walks of men, we know alas! how much thee ideas uffered.

He entertained me very courteouly; for I was recommended to him by my honoured friend the Earl Marichal, with whom I had the happines of travelling through a part of Germany. I had heard that M. Roueau had ome correpondence with the Coricans, and had been deired to ait them in forming their laws. I told him my cheme of going to viit them, after I had compleated my tour of Italy; and I inited that he hould give me a letter of introduction. He immediately agreed to do o, whenever I hould acquaint him of my time of going thither; for he aw that my enthuiam for the brave ilanders was as warm as his own.

I accordingly wrote to him from Rome, in April 1765, that I had fixed the month of September for my Corican expedition, and therefore begged of him to send me the letter of introduction, which if he refued, I hould certainly go without it, and probably be hanged as a py. So let him anwer for the conequences.

The wild philoopher was a man of his word; and on my arrival at Florence in Augut, I received the following letter: