Letter, 1787 May 21, "on the canal of Languedoc, approaching Toulouse," [France] to William Short, n.p.

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Letter, 1787 May 21, "on the canal of Languedoc, approaching Toulouse," [France] to William Short, n.p.

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Outlines the probable itinerary of his trip back to Paris; describes the canal and his means of travel, particularly its tranquility; extolls the virtues of the nightingale, especially its song; compares nightingales to poets and claims a "poet is as much the creature of climate"; urges Short to take a similar trip; sends instructions for servants to plant corn and to procure via Jean Francois Frouille the book le Recueil alphabetique des droits de traites uniformes.

2 p. on 1 leaf ; 23 cm. x 19 cm.

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