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the gardens are well kept, and neat, which I wonder at, the master being a Frenchman.
We shall continue our journey the day after tomorrow. I am going to send this letter to the post. – Don't be surprised at not hearing from me till after our arrival at Turin; not that I shall neglect writing; but, it is possible I may not be lucky enough to find an opportunity of sending a letter from any part of Savoy. I have not forgot that you was desirous I should be very particular in my account of that country: whatsoever I meet with which appears remarkable, or extraordinary, or that has not been noticed by Richard, Lalande, or Keyfler, &c. you may depend upon it, shall not escape me; though I should imagine those authors have not omitted any thing of consequence, nor have I the vanity to put my hasty letters in competition with their travels. – They made this journey with a view to writing and publishing their observations for the benefit of travellers, and the information of the curious; but we who travel merely for our amusement, and I who write for yours only, if my letters should prove sufficiently entertaining to chase away une partie de vos ennuies, (for I know no expression in our language for that universal complaint, although no nation is more tormented with the disorder than the English) I shall think my end sufficiently answered, and your approbation will be more grateful to me, than the applause of all the learned doctors of the Sorbonne. I remain, as ever, most affectionately yours, &c.
