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Post. I likewise got a Frank for You, but it was directed to 

 your Home, & therefore shall be used hereafter. I will let You 

 know what happened after You left Us at Farnham. We did not 

 set out from Farnham 'till the Fry day Morning at Ten o' Clock. 

 Mrs Donne, who was to have returned to Chelsea on ye Bishop's 

 leaving Farnham this Week, agreed to spend some Time wth tJs 

 here : so we stayed for her, & we travelled wth 2 post Chaises 

 instead of One. I went wth the Bishop on Thursday all along ye 

 Guil Downs to a Mr Gathwait's, where there is a very genteel 

 House, but a poor Situation to my Fancy ; the Eoad to it pleased 

 me more than the Place : the Views on each hand are very fine. 

 We got late into Oxford on Fryday ; it was indeed a dark & rainy 

 Evening : We came on next morning at Ten o' Clock & got home 

 about Twelve, safe & well, God be praised for it. Our Journey 

 must needs have been a pleasant One, as well as successfull, since 

 we found, where we went, such kind & affte Hosts, & obliging 

 Acquaintance. You have, my dear Friend, our most particular 

 Thanks for your very hospitable Eeception of us, & for all the 

 kind Care that You express'd about Us. My wife & Daughter 

 join me in them ; Niecibus atque tuis has learned such a Curiosity 

 from You about Zoology & it's Genera, that nothing but provid- 

 ing Some Systema Naturae hereafter for her will be able to allay : 

 If any Errata should come of it You are concerned to look to 

 them, for it is all Your own Doing : As to my wife, I don't 

 beleive She cares a Farthing about the Difference between a 

 Penguin & the Coloptera. [sic] 



We found my Brother & Sister Mulso here : my Sister wears 

 a much better face than She did when She left Us ; She has 

 taken to drink Sasafras Tea, which has restored some warmth 

 to her Blood, which was chilled by the weakness & poverty of 

 all the Draughts that She dared to take. I think with Country 

 Air She might yet recover : Tom looks hale & well. And all 

 here desire to be remembered very afftely to You. We left Mrs 

 Thomas very poorly & the Bishop but low ; but I think if She 

 gets better, that his Change of Place & the amusement of 

 different Companies will have a good Effect upon him. The 

 Bishop of Dromore has promised to take as much of his Business 

 off his Hands as he chuses to get rid of. 



Mrs Mulso depends upon your Promise of taking an exact 

 Survey of her House in Dome Alley, Winton. (Nothing more 

 was said about the other affair, but to my Aunt, who pron^ised 

 to keep a Look out on this Head.) I find my Garden here very 

 disgusting to me, after the extream Neatness & beautiful! Face 

 of Your's ; I will not leave out the Bishop's at Farnham, which 

 I think was very well kept : Mine is a Wilderness, and the Eails 

 are so much more broken that I have determined to take them 



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