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a very undesirable place in the popular affections. The 

 reference to "Jonathan " is an allusion to the commercial 

 alliance existing in this year between the United States 

 and France, both of which were at war with Great Britain. 



Bangor Ferry Saturday Night 

 \Dec. iSi2\ 

 My Dear Friend 



I have been lying flat on my back since Tuesday Evg- the fiaclure is so 

 close to the shoulder that the splints and bandages cannot be applied so 

 effectually as if lower down. I have a Navy Surgeon attending me a very 

 clever young man, who has cut off & s[)liced legs & Arms without number, 

 but I shall be content with the splicing merely. I am tolerably easy, but 

 want to get up sadly as my back aches. I had a four days beard taken off 

 to-day by a Joiner, the Bangor Barber being lame & unable to shave except 

 in his own shop I thought that Chin it all were gone — such a rasping I 

 never yet endured. Vou would smile should you see me writing on my back — 

 a pretty little Welsh Girl holding my paper before me 't a Candle on my 

 Bed. I am getting on famously I think. The Doctor seems most disap- 

 pointed that I will not go into a fever, he says that fever ought by custom to 

 go with broken bones. 



Many thanks for the Aparatus which I will return as soon as I reach 

 Livl- 1 regret that my arms and shoulder are not stout. 



I had heard, before your letter came by the ** Mail of your Caroline's 

 death — a happy release but a sad life— she was one of a very few & I most 

 sincerely lament her departure, though poor soul ! not on her account, for 

 she is happy ! Pray present my kindest regards to Mrs. Philips & beg her to 

 accept my heartfelt condolence in this melancholy event. 

 Remember me to your brother Henry ifc believe me 



Ever yours most truly 



P. M. TAYLOR. 



The French have just got what they have so long deserved, and I hope 

 the Cormorant himself will not escape. Jonathan's spirit's will be low 

 Malison must take a Glass of Grog extraordinary to wash down an Extra- 

 ordinary Gazette — can you tell me whether the Duke of Devonshire is at 

 Chatsworth ? 



Colonel Leigh Philips was in the habit of going with 

 his family to spend the summer at Southport, then just 

 rising out of the sand at North Meols He had a cottage 

 there, and many friends. The next letter is a reply to an 

 invitation he gave to Meadows Taylor. 



