WRITINGS OF DR. SMITH. EXXI

of that country, I ftiall not take upon me to de-termine.

In October 1766, the Duke of Buccleugh re-turned to London . His Grace, to whom I am in-debted for feveral particulars in the foregoing nar-rative , will, 1 hope, forgive the liberty I take intranfcribing one paragraph in his own words : “ In“ October 17 66, we returned to London , after hav-“ ing fpent near three years together, without“ the flighted: difagreement or coolnefs;—on my“ part, with every advantage that could be“ expected from the fociety of fuch a man. We“ continued to live in friendihip till the hour oftc his death; and I fhall always remain with thetc impreffion of having loft a friend whom I lovedtc and refpedted, not only for his great talents,

but for every private virtue. ”

The retirement in which Mr. Smith palled hisnext ten years, formed a ftriking contrail to theunfettled mode of life he had been for fome timeaccuftomed to, but vcas fo congenial to his naturaldifpofttion, and to his firft habits, that it was withthe utmoft difficulty he was ever perfuaded toleave it. During the whole of this period, (withthe exception of a few vifits to Edinburgh andLondon, ) he remained with his mother at Kirkaldy ;occupied habitually in intenfeftudy, but unbend-ing his mind at times in the company of fome ofhis old fchool-fellows, whole “ fober willies ’ had