LETTER CXXXVI 223 



My Sister Chapone is on her way to Northumberland in 

 Company wbh a Mrs Mountague, & is like to see many fine parts 

 of England in the highest Gusto. She was to go first to Ld 

 Littleton's in Worcestershire, then to Buxton and Maitlock. I 

 hope the Journey will be of Service to her, She was but poorly 

 before She set out. 



I have not yet overcome my Giddiness, but have been better 

 lately on the whole, yet I really beleive the Weather is in a great 

 Measure the Occasion of it. We have much ill Health here, & 

 frequent Funerals. But, please God, we shall meet well in 

 Hampshire, & I hope great Benefit by the Excursion, & I am 

 sure it will give me great Pleasure to see You at your own Villa 

 again. 



I expect to hear soon. The Complts & Love &c of all here on 

 You. 



I am, dear Gil, Ever Afftely Yours, 



J. Mulso. 



Letter 136. 



Witney, 



July 28, 1770. 

 Dear Gil : 



I write to-day for fear Time should fail me tomorrow, tho' 

 I have not all the Materials of my Letter : I shall be more 

 knowing at Night, having employed our Waggoner to make 

 Inquiries how he may best & safest deliver over our Goods in his 

 own Person, (We having Nobody now in Town that can see to 

 it,) and take a Eeceipt from the Hampshire Waggoner. He 

 knows the Driver of the Odiham waggon, but he inns at ye White 

 & not the black Swan ; however I will mention the Issue of his 

 Inquiries in my Postscript. We determine to send off our Cargo 

 on Monday next, & to follow it (please God) on the Monday after. 

 I had a Design to have lain at Farnham ; but as They know 

 nothing of my Day, & it is very disagreeable to Mrs Thomas to 

 be taken by Surprize, I have now alter'd my Plan, & intend to lie 

 at Hartford Bridge, & next morning to ^breakfast with the family 

 at the Castle, & proceed to Alton, so as to reach it between 

 Twelve & One. If therefore you will let some able Guide meet 

 us at the Swan in Alton (I think that was ye old Sign) we may, 

 I presume, God willing, reach our Journey's End by a reasonable 

 Dinner Time at three o'Clock. If upon this Plan You think we 

 cannot reach Selbourne by Dinner Time, then I request You to 

 give Us the Meeting at Alton, that We may take our Ease at 

 our Inn, & proceed leizurely in the Afternoon. 



* Mem : ye regular breakfasting Time is a Quar after 9, so I hope to set 

 out [the remainder is undecipherable]. J. M. 



