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perhaps brother Thomas will do the same when at leisure. 

 By what I saw perhaps some articles may be thought too 

 long. The whale-fishery is a fine new circumstance, and 

 worthy of a national attention ; especially as we may soon 

 possibly have nothing to do with the N. American seas. 

 But in such narrow limits, and so warm a climate, how can 

 such an offensive occupation be carryed on without proving 

 a vast nuisance to the garrison ? Train-oil, and whales flesh 

 must smell very vigorously in lat. 36. How wise have all the 

 Naturalists proved themselves to be by laying it down for 

 granted that there were no whales in the Mediterranean. 



Brother Harry has now a fine annual income ; and will, I 

 trust now, when he comes to rest a little from his labours of 

 building, be able to lay up money for his family. His new 

 pupil is a very pleasing, ingenuous youth. Mr. Halliday, 

 though upwards of six feet high, does not leave him 'til Feb. 

 We are now sitting in the new edition of his old parlor 

 enlarged ; it is odd and peculiar, but very roomy, light and 

 convenient, and every way suitable to a vast family. 



The ceiling of the new part is eleven feet high. This new 

 building is thirty feet long ; so that my sister gets the N. 

 end for a store-room: and over all are to be two small 

 lodging-rooms; so there are now in this house twelve 

 chambers. The whole room is wainscotted with deal.* 



Last night my brother received a letter from the attorney 

 near Manchester, who wishes to be curate of Darwen. He 

 is urgent for matters to be brought to a bargain. Sure the 

 injunctions and provisions against simony have never 

 reached your part of the world. If disappointed he will 

 not, I hope, stir up a clamour against the southern non 

 resident. 



* Henry White's house at Fyfield still exists, apparently not much altered 

 externally. It stands near the Rectory (partially rebuilt in 1830), which he 

 used as a schoolhouse. His enlarged parlour cannot now be certainly identi- 

 fied owing to internal alterations. 



