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 on a bilious diarrhæa, which has brought me back again to my first principle on which I set out—and with which I shall now scamper it away to the banks of the Garonne—

No;I cannot stop a moment to give you the character of the people—their genius—their manners—their customs—their laws—their religion—their government—their manufactures—their commerce—their finances, with all the resources and hidden springs which sustain them: qualified as I may be, by spending three days and two nights amongst them, and during all that time, making these things the entire subject of my enquiries and reflections