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Excerpt from Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773, Vol. 1 of 5
Every one will remember that period, fo glorious to Britain, the latter end of the minif'try of the late Earl of Chatham. I was then returned from a tour through the great ell part of Europe, particularly through the whole of Spain and Portugal, between whom there then was an appearance of approaching war. I was about' to retire to a fmall pa trimony I had received from my ancef'tors, in order to em brace a life of Rudy and re?ection, nothing 'more aétive appearing then within my power, when chance threw me unexpeé'tedly into a very Ihort and very defultory conver'fam tion with Lord Chatham..
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