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None of the books which you tell me you were so kind as to send me have
come to han reached me.

With respect to my the account of my excursion
among the Kirgise I can only tell you that at the time of my acquainting you of it
I gave the account to Capt Newton who I think was to have sent you from Petersburgh
a copy of it. how he came not to have sent it I cannot learn till I see him.

With respect to the Surgeon of whom I wrote from Cherson, that part of the country
is so different from Siberia, in healthiness that in the latter a man in the medical
line can expect little or nothing from private practice. To one of a Philosophical
turn a lover of natural history who would like to rove about I might procure
employment as a Surgeon and a sufficiency in point of Salary for his passing
his time agreably. If he were a man of genius & extraordinary tallents there
are various ways in which he might enrich as well as distinguish himself: but
I can offer nothing certain to induce a man to quit an employment in his own country

Augt 20.
My Serjeant whom I sent this morning to Dickenson's the English
Banker here for letters has just this instant brought me one from you dated July 8th
and by the cover I see it has passed through the hands of Shairpe at Petersburgh.
I am much obliged to you, Sir, for the trouble you gave yourself to write me
the extract from the London Gazette relative to Major Lambro's defeats though
I had learnt it from the German newspapers a month before. Hitherto according to the newspaper accounts he had been astonishingly successful and I hope
that other persons concerned having had it more in their power have taken care
to secure a part of the prize money. As for me I considered myself as having
with respect to views of profit purchased a ticket in an indifferent lottery, and have
never received any letter from either of the persons concerned with me. I shall
probably see some of them soon.

The affairs of France are so interesting that
I don't even read the newspapers for fear of occupying myself too much about them.

Identifier: | JB/541/158/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 541.
Date_1	1790-08-22	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	541	Main Headings
Folio number	158	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
Category	Correspondence	Number of Pages
Recto/Verso		Page Numbering
Penner	Samuel Bentham	Watermarks
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