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cannot see any company; but if you could favour 
me with a visit, I think it would do us both good. 
I never saw this place in such beauty, and I 
trust that we shall enjoy it as we ought, within a 
short time, for we daily regain strength. 
Tomorrow will, I fear, unhinge us again, for we 
must go to church. 
Our thoughts now will be attached to all that 
loved her, and to every thing that may remind us 
of her excellencies. 
I do not think I shall ever again bear music! 
Adieu, my good Friend, I am always yours, 
T. JOHNES. 
A very flattering tribute of approbation to Sir 
James’s Tour comes from the pen of the amiable 
and accomplished Mrs. Watt, the only child of the 
celebrated Ellis, whose discoveries concerning the 
formation and nature of Corallines give him a high 
rank among those whose genius enriched the science 
of natural history in the eighteenth century. 
My dear Sir, Northaw Place, June 23, 1793. 
Amidst the various avocations of a large family, 
a mother anxious to discharge her duty, cannot be 
supposed to have much leisure for the pursuit of 
those amusements which, in the earlier period of 
her life, constituted her greatest pleasures ; unless 
from the affluence of her fortune she can transfer 
all the cares, and retain only the enjoyments of it. 
This not falling to my lot, I have been necessi- 
tated to postpone thanking you for your most 
