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bird, whose feathers would meet with resistance from the 

 air. 



In 24 days Mr. Grimm finished for me 12 drawings ; the 

 most elegant of which are 1, a view of the village and 

 hanger from the short Lithe * ; 2, a view of the S.E. end of 

 the hanger and its cottages, taken from the upper end of the 

 street ; 3, a side view of the old hermitage, with the Hermit 

 standing at the door,f this piece he is to copy again for 

 Uncle Harry ; 4, a sweet view of the short Lithe and Dorton 

 from the lane beyond Peasecod's house. He took also two 

 views of the Church J; two views of my outlet; a view of 

 the Temple-farm § ; a view of the village from the inside of 

 the present hermitage; Hawkley hanger, which does not 

 prove very engaging ; and a grotesque and romantic drawing 

 of the water-fall in the hollow bed of the stream in Silk- 

 wood's vale to the KE. of Berriman's house. You need 

 not wonder that the drawings you saw by Grimm did not 

 please you; for they were 3s. Qd. pieces done for a little 

 ready money : so there was no room for softening his trees, 

 &c. He is a most elegant colourist ; and what is more, the 

 use of these fine natural stainings is altogether his own; 

 yet his pieces were so engaging in Indian-ink that it was 

 with regret that I submitted to have some of them coloured. 

 Mr. Wyndham of Sarum has engaged Grimm next summer 

 for eight or nine weeks in a tour round N. and S. Wales. I 

 rejoice to hear you are so deep in French. 



I am wonderfully delighted with the addition to my 

 Brother's little common parlor ; " Nequeunt expleri corda 

 tuendo"; it now altogether gives much ease to such a 

 numerous family; and is very peculiar, light, roomy and 



• The large folding frontispiece to ' The Natural History and Antiquities 

 of Sel borne,' first edition. 



t The vignette on the title-page, op. eit. 

 X Placed opposite pp. 315, 323, op. cit, 

 § Placed opposite p. 342, op. cit. 



