[184:1] Edmondstoune appears to have been residing at Geneva, as guardian to Lord Mount-Stuart, Lord Bute's son.
[184:2] Sic in MS.
[184:3] See it noticed in vol. i. p. 405, in connexion with the right of resistance.
[187:1] MS. R.S.E.
[187:2] Sic in MS.
[189:1] Original in possession of the Cambusmore family.
[192:1] Minto MSS.
[192:2] The letter proceeds to say, "Our little society here continues much on the footing you left it; only that we find frequent occasions of regretting the blank you make amongst us. In our college we are making a great improvement. In consequence of a bargain made with J. Russel, Bruce, the Professor of the Law of Nature and Nations, goes out; Balfour of Pilrig moves into his place; Ferguson into the chair of Moral Philosophy; and Russel into that of Natural. Is not this clever?" He then states, that "The taste for French literature grows more and more amongst us," and hopes he will send any new publication which has merit. He concludes with mentioning the bankruptcy of the Fairholms, and the circumstance of Mr. Adam's involvement in it.
[195:1] See Tytler's Life of Kames, vol. ii. p. 148.
[197:1] See Vol. I. p. 232.