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mine shall be other than true metal — if copper, copper, 

 if gold, gold, but not copper gilded. He admitted it 

 would be a great undertaking, and immensely laborious, 

 but, he added, my drawings being so superior, I might 

 rest assured success would eventually be mine. This plan, 

 therefore, I will pursue with the same perseverance that 

 since twenty-five years has not wavered, and God's will 

 be done. Having now determined on this I will return 

 to Manchester after a few days, visit thy native place, 

 gaze on the tombs of thy ancestors in Derby and Leicester, 

 and then enter London with a head humbly bent, but 

 with a heart intently determined to conquer. On return- 

 ing to this abode of peace, I was overtaken by a gentleman 

 in a gig, unknown to me quite, but who offered me a seat. 

 I thanked him, accepted, and soon learned he was a Mr. 

 Dearman. He left me at Green Bank, and the evening 

 was truly delightful. 



September jo, Woodcraft. I am now at Mr. Richard 

 Rathbone's ; I did not leave Green Bank this morning 

 till nearly noon. The afternoon was spent with Dr. Traill, 

 with whom I dined ; there was only his own family, and 

 I was much entertained by Dr. Traill and his son. A man 

 of such extensive and well digested knowledge as Dr. 

 Traill cannot fail to be agreeable. About eight his son 

 drove me to Woodcroft, where were three other guests, 

 Quakers. The remainder of the evening was spent with 

 a beautiful microscope and a Diamond Beetle. Mr. Rath- 

 bone is enthusiastic over my publishing plans, and I will 

 proceed with firm resolution to attempt the being an 

 author. It is a terrible thing to me ; far better am I fitted 

 to study and delineate in the forest, than to arrange 

 phrases with suitable grammatical skill. For the present 

 the public exhibiting of my work will be laid aside, — 

 / hope, forever. I now intend going to Matlock, and from 

 there to my Lucy's native place, pass through Oxford, 



and so reach the great London, and once more become 

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