With regard to M. Biot, I had an opportunity of pretty fully appreciating his character when we were together in the Zetland [= Shetland] Isles; and I do not hesitate to say that I never met so strange a compound of vanity, impetuosity, fickleness, and natural partiality, as is exhibited in his character.
Sa alang-alang sa M. Biot, nagkaroon ako ng pagkakataon ng pretty ganap appreciating kanyang pagkatao kapag tayo ay sama-sama sa ang Zetland [= Shetland] Isles; at hindi ako mag-atubiling sabihin na hindi ko nakikita kaya ng isang kakaibang tambalan ng kawalang-kabuluhan, karahasan, kasalawahan, at natural na pagkiling, bilang ay exhibited sa kanyang pagkatao.