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Show l l 20 The Art of Travel/Mg; out of his own Country, that f0 he may object againlt his own Prepofl‘eflion all thofe Reafons that he imputes to the Prejudices of others, which is fit d l g The Art of Travelling. ‘f by it. 2I The Epocba contributes much to the fidelity of the Memory, and the things being allied toge- to be demonltrated by an Example. A French Man that goes to Rome furnilh'd with many Advantages and Recommendations that give him accefs to Perfons of Quality, is prefently loaded with Civilities, without being taken into that kind of Familiarity with them, which is f0 agreeable to that by a proper reference and proportion, 'tis al- his llumor: This makes him impatient, and it feems tion of the Mind, which becaufe it omits nothing no {mall Punilliment to him to continue fix weeks at Rome, to live all the while in an Inn: But at that may give it a deep imprelTion of a thing, can't fee two different Circumftances which concur to the fame Fact, without making a certain fix'd Point, as length the Reafons of this kind of Treatment are open'd to him, and he comes to underltand that the Italian loving Splendor tho he is not rich, and af. jetting to be liberal without incommoding himfelf, waits to regale him after a magnificent manner and in good company, when he finds a proper time for it, and then his Splendor, Profufion and Magnificencewill appear at once. He mult therefore examine all the Reafons of this kind of Condué‘c', and by oppoling this liberty the Italians referve to them- l'elves, to the ordinary profuf'encfs of that Nation, he'll be convinc'd that they do well at Rome nor: to live in that familiarity he f0 much delir'd. Thefe Difcoveries will be ferviceable to him at Conflmzti- nozzle, and heill appear a knowing Man in other places in proportion to the faithfulnels of his Memory in reviving the Reafons, and different refpefis that have determin‘d him at Rome. This is what I call :1 thorow poflelling of the Mind with that which one delires to commit to Memory. The fecond method is, to join things together by fome Epoclsa that is remarkable, and not eafy to be chang'd. This Connexion is like a Guide always going before the judgment with a light in his hand. 1‘0 that he feldom miftakes his way who is conduétgd Y molt impollible that the revival of 'em in the Me- mory fliould not be exa€t and true. The reafon of which is not from the nature of thofe Incidents which accidentally happen to be link'd together, but from the immediate applica- well for the Time, as other Conjunétures: 'Tis this that has occafion'd f0 many Digrellions in antient Hiltorians, who have not been able to refill: that natural Inclination of lhewing in the fame Treatife, what they had obferv'd at the fame time, and by the fame difcoveries. In fine, the third method of rendering the Me: mory faithful is, to reunite the Notices one receives, and the Conjunétures that prefent, to what attually pall‘es in one's own Country; becaufe the revrval Of what is acted there mul'c needs be frequent and of long duration, and a Man's mind will necelfarily be concern'd about it; and feeing this obliges a Man to join to his prefent Obfervations, that which pafs'd in his own Country when he was there, he is as it were tied fall: to the Circuml‘tancesof things fo that he cannot eafily miltake 'em, but IS neceflarily oblig'd to revive 'em in his mind. 'Tis true, there mult be ftrength of Thought, Labor and Time to reunite thefe things after long Voyages, efpecr- ally if our Traveller has not had much correfpon- deuce with his own Country: But Experience every day lhews that 'tis no impoflible thing. This is, in my opinion, the innocent Art of rendering an cafv Memory faithful; let us now pafs ' to |