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George the third Lord Edgcumbe and Captain
(afterwards Lord) Keppel, by each of whom
he was warmly patronised ; and the latter
being appointed to the command of a small
squadron on the Mediterranean station,
Mr. Reynolds embraced the opportunity
which his kindness offered, and accompanied
him thither, sailing from Plymouth, May
11 th, 1749. In the course of their voyage
(during which he had accommodations
in the Captain’s own ship,) they touched
at Lisbon, Cadiz, Gibraltar, Algiers,
and Minorca; and after spending about
two months in Portmahon, the principal
town of that island, in December he sailed
to Leghorn, from which place he proceeded
to Rome.
 
Among our author’s loose papers, I have
found some detached and unconnected
thoughts, written occasionally as hints for
a Discourse on a new and singular plan,
which he appears, at a late period of his life,

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