Diary of John Quincy Adams, volume 1
1782-04-11
This forenoon I went with Mr. Artaud to the Shops. Dined at Mr. Rimberts. Mr. Colombi
dined there also. Borrowed of Mr. Peyron the first volume of Dryden's Virgil.1 In the afternoon we went to see the Katchells.2 Mr. Artaud
supped out.
The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and
Aeneis. Translated into English Verse; by Mr. Dryden, London, 1697. Later editions
contained 3 volumes.
JQA may be referring to the Kamchadals, natives of the Kamchatka Peninsula
on the Russian Pacific coast, who were the source of comment by other foreign observers
(John Ledyard's Journey Through Russia and Siberia,
1787–1788, ed. Stephen D. Watrous, Madison, 1966, p. 54–56).