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pleasure to hear that I never saw the Bishop in bet- 

 ter health or spirits, though I had been told he was 

 not. In our way back we stopped two nights with 

 the Mr. Ansons, at Lyng. 



I have now all hands at work with my harvest : 

 within a fortnight or thereabouts I hope to be for- 

 ward enough to enable me to leave home with a 

 contented mind for Cannon Hall, having promised 

 my dear Eliza that I would spend a fortnight with 

 her this autumn. It was our intention to have 

 gone into Scotland, had we not been prevented by 

 Lord Hastings, who is coining to us with all his 

 family the very beginning of September. 



Happy should I be if you and Lady Smith would 

 give him the meeting, as Lady Loudon is very fond 

 of botany, and Lady Anne having now a gardener 

 to her liking. I think you would be pleased with 

 the improvements that have taken place since we 

 had the pleasure of seeing you. I will frank your 

 letter to Roscoe, and accompany it with a line which 

 will give both him and you much gratification, to 

 hear that within this fortnight Blaikie has found 

 in his office some highly valuable MSS. of Lord 

 Chief Justice Coke's. When Chantrey has fixed 

 his time of coming to Holkham, I will not fail to 

 let you know. 



Yours most faithfully, 



Thos. Wm. Coke. 



