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secure written agreements with Uville, who expected 

 to leave England in a week or two, the going into the 

 documents made known many weak points, one of them 

 being shortness of money. The expected week or two 

 had lengthened out to three months, and Uville was 

 still in London, and Capt. Thomas Trevarthen and Bull 

 were to be there, ready to start, about the middle of 

 March, 1814. Four large boilers, in pieces, were to 

 go for the pumping engines, to be put together in 

 the mines ; and Trevithick strongly recommended the 

 sending a third man, to take general charge of the 

 practical work, which Mr. Uville thought he himself 

 could manage. 



Page and Day were lawyers, who drew up very long 

 documents. Money to pay expenses was raised by the 

 sale of shares in a company formed by Uville without 

 sufficient authority, and Page was to go to the mines to 

 look after his own and the English shareholders' in- 

 terests ; between them Uville was arrested, apparently 

 for some trifle. 



[Rough draft.] 

 " MK. UVILLE, " CAMBORNE, March 15th, 1814. 



" Sir, I shall write to him again by this post, and push 

 him to send down the transfer of my shares, already agreed on, 

 for my execution, and hope I shall be able to meet Messrs. 

 Hazeldine and Co.'s demand before it will be due. The young 

 man Bull has been with me. I told him I expected that 

 you intended to take him with you, and Capt. Trevarthen is 

 making preparation for going. I am glad you intend to take a 

 third person with you. I have not thought or said anything to ' 

 anyone about this business. Mr. Vivian informed me that, from 

 the conversation he had with you on the subject, he had 

 expected to hear from you. I can answer for Mr. Vivian's 

 honesty, ability, and pleasant behaviour, and he is a person 

 very suitable for the engagement, only that one failing of 



