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the poet, as born or produced among broken stones 
or pots, shards. Surely it means dJorne or flying 
about on shards or shells (teste)? I stumbled on 
- this the other day, and was surprised at it much*. 
Yours, 
J. E. Smiru. 
J. Hawkins, Esq. to J. E. Smith. 
Bignor Park near Petworth, 
Dear Sir, April 16, 1808. 
Your letter reached me by avery circuitous route 
and after much delay, or it would have been an- 
swered sooner. I take for granted that you are now 
in town, so I shall address this to you at Sir Jo- 
seph’s, and shall beg you to recollect in future that 
I am settled here, where I shall not only be happy 
to receive your letters, but yourself too, whenever 
business or inclination prompts you to visit this 
part of the kingdom. My present residence has 
some claims to your notice, having been that of 
Charlotte Smith, whose numerous little poems on 
subjects of natural history must have engaged your 
attention, and from whose sister Mrs. Dorset, who 
is equally eminent in the same line, I purchased it 
three years ago. 
I took for granted you would apply to me when- 
ever you found it expedient in the progress of the 
work ; and] am happy to learn that a second part of 
* In reply the Bishop says, “I think that you must be right 
about shard-born : quandoque bonus dormitat Homerus.—We 
have in Scripture born of four ; i, e. carried by four people ;—so 
it must mean here.” 
