90 Josiah Wedgwood CHAP, ix 



became more and more familiar in his communications, lie 

 said : "The fox-hunter does not enjoy more pleasure from 

 the chase, than I do from the prosecution of my experi- 

 ments when I am fairly entered into the field ; and the 

 further I go, the wider this field extends before me." 

 And in the same letter he says : " I have not been on 

 horseback for a week. This morning some business 

 calls me from my books and vases and trumpery ; and 

 I am very thankful for it, for I have scarcely power of 

 my own mere motion to quit my present pursuits for a 

 few hours." 



