HISTORY OF HARTING. 14$ 



It is probable that during the stay of the family 

 in France, Lady Mary gave posthumous birth to the 

 last John Caryll, of Harting (No. V.).* This child 

 being in its infancy "very tender," was brought up 

 like its father and grandfather in France ; and as it 

 was the Squires only direct male heir, he lavished 

 much affection upon the boy. When he was twelve, 

 the old gentleman, then long ago back at Lady Holt 

 again, trotted out his best Latin and French in the 

 following playful note to his grandson, who had written 

 him a Latin letter.f 



"Lady Holt, 8 Kal Nov bris - 1/30." " Jucundissima 

 mihi fuit, mi Fill, epistola tua ; et pergrata Elegans 

 ilia tua scribendi norma. Linguam Latinam, ut video, 

 jam calles, et tibi respondere eodem Idiomate (ut 

 prius in Animo fuerat) non valeo ; imparem me oneri 

 jam sentio ; nam a quadraginta quinque annis ne 

 ullum quidem verbum Latine scripsi ! Me voyla 

 done au bout de mon Latin ! C'est pourquoy Je 

 vous prie deprendre le reste en Francois ; Langue 

 que J'ay plus cultivee que 1'autre, quoyque Je 1'ay 

 appris toutes deux en meme Terns, et au meme 

 College (? Scotch College) on vous etez a present. 



" Nous voyla de retour a cette heure a Lady Holt, 

 Grace a Dieu, Tous en bonne sante ; et pour moy, je 

 m'occupe principalement a embellir Le Pare et les 

 Avenues, dont J'espere que vous jouisez bien d'annees 

 apres ma mort, et peutetre meme avant qu'elle arrive. 

 En attendant, contez qu'il n'y rien au monde que Je 

 souhaite plus ardenment, que le plaisir de vous revoir. 

 . . . . Je suis bien aise que vous vous appliquez a la 

 Musique aussi bien que L'etude ; et Je ne serois pas 

 fache (si M de - votre Mere le trouve bon) que vous 



* As he came of age in 1739, he w^- most probably be born in 

 1718 ; and as there is no entry of his birth in Harting Registers, 

 it w d - be abroad. 



f Caryll Correspondence ii. 427. J. Caryll to his grandson 

 in Paris. 



