ABSTRACT
You will be surprised, my lovely friend, to hear of the voyage I am going to take; but every thing at Malta seems to be safe: we have nothing to dread from the Turks, 92 who are certainly too much intimidated to think of attacking us, and will be well satisfied if we will let them remain unmolested. This state of security has made me yield to pressing solicitations from my friend Dubois, to accompany him to England, at the invitation of a very agreeable nobleman of that country. We have obtained permission of the Grand Master, 93 and shall leave this rocky island, as soon as we shall have made the necessary preparations for our departure.
