CHAPTER VI.

1746-1748. ÆT. 35-37.

Hume returns to Ninewells--His domestic Position--His attempts in Poetry--Inquiry as to his Sentimentalism--Takes an interest in Politics--Appointed Secretary to General St. Clair on his mission to Turin--His journal of his Tour--Arrival in Holland-- Rotterdam--The Hague--Breda--The War--French Soldiers--Nimeguen --Cologne--Bonn--The Rhine and its scenery--Coblentz--Wiesbaden --Frankfurt--Battle of Dettingen--Wurzburg--Ratisbon--Descent of the Danube--Observations on Germany--Vienna--The Emperor and Empress Queen--Styria--Carinthia--The Tyrol--Mantua--Cremona-- Turin. 225