not wished that I should make an extensive acquaintance. Cours d'etude pour l'instruction du Prince de Parme par l'Abbe de Condillac a Parme 1775 16 Vol 8 vo. Voila un livre charmant. Je viens de lire chez un Savant de ce pays quelques articles de cet ouvrage, entr'autres ce qui traite des definitions. Je paresurus aussi les sables des matieres de quelques tomes dout je jus rare. Dans l Encyclopedie vous trouverez quelque peu de chose sur l'article Courlande. Riga Feb y 18 th. This morning at 4 o'clock I quitted Mittau, and shall most likely this evening set out from this place for Moscow. I took leave of the D. & Dss yesterday after dinner and was obliged almost to promise to make them another visit at my return. As I have told you before I can not give you any explicit account of my plans: but all things in general go very exceedingly well except money matters. I have been as oeconomical as possible without frustrating my designs but yet I shall have but very little of the amount of my letter of credit left by the time I reach Petersburgh. I have a vast deal I could wish to say to you but saying a little of it will be doing nothing. I cannot have your advice or assistance: but I have of both from somebody else which is extremely usefull to me. If it be possible contrive that I should have my credit extended: but at the same time fear not that I shall return home poor. I cannot but succede in my present pursuits, I must not set about to give you any account of Causland at present, although I could do it: I must let that rest till a certain time comes and think of nothing but my affairs farther Northward. Constantly occupied with future prospects and thinking no more of past events than as an assistance to judge of future ones, I cannot bring myself to write about them. I can think of nothing but my journey at present and yet I cant keep this letter back any longer short as it is you must have it. Many hundred thousand thanks for the Philosophical news which you give me. You go on and uniformly turning your attention to what you plan while I am distracted by extraneous events, and can seldom do any trifling thing which I promise myself. You shall hear from me as soon as I arrive at Moscow but possibly I may stop a little by the way to prepare some matters. If I do it will be at some public house where I can eat for 2 or 3 copeks and where I happen to meet with a landlord whose phisiogonomy is a little civilized. I have 2 of servants with me both men of learning. The one really is perfect master of the French language, the other thinks himself master of the German. The French man will translate for me or rather correct my translation. He has done so already and I find him amazingly usefull. My carriage is a miserable looking old body of a chaise on a Sledge but I think to go 13 or more English miles an hour in it. Adieu. The Frenchman speaks Russ.