Here gave to chemistry the feeling day.

Cold to ambition, far from courts remov'd,
Though qualified to fill the statesman's part,
He studied nature in the paths he lov'd,
Peace in his thoughts, and virtue in his heart.

Soft may the breeze sigh through the ivy boughs
That shade this humble record of his worth;
Here may the robin undisturbed repose,
And fragrant flowers adorn the hallow'd earth.

January 1792."


The tablet is of plain wood--black letters painted on a white ground.
It is an unostentatious memorial, which has been respected amidst the
extensive alteration and embellishment of the grounds by the late
Mr. Hope. To our minds, neither of the treasures of art which are
assembled within the splendid saloons of the adjoining mansion, or
sculpture gallery, will outvie the interest of this humble tribute to
the memory of departed genius.]

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THE LANDERS VOYAGE AND DISCOVERIES ON THE NIGER.


The travellers, in embarking on the Atlantic, had solved the greatest