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musical ; the ladies sing admirably. Cards and a fine 

 piano occupied the evening. After supper, besides other 

 songs, I heard a most beautiful canzonet by Jackson, 

 beginning ' Love in thy eyes.' It was twelve o'clock when 

 we retired. After breakfast I took my leave, not without 

 regretting that I had so little time to observe the beauties 

 of Inverary. Lady Charlotte is handsomer than Lady 

 Augusta : she sings better, but she has less good sense and 

 less sweetness. An innocent girlishness sometimes gives 

 her the appearance of a little affectation. She is to Lady 

 Augusta what Venus is to Minerva. I suppose she wishes 

 for no more. Both are goddesses. 



On October 7 he left London to graduate at Grottin- 

 gen ; he went by Hamburg. 



On December 14 he wrote to Dr. Bostock : 



You will be pleased, as a lover of the fine arts, to hear 

 that I am taking lessons in drawing. You will not be 

 surprised that I receive in this study, as well as in music 

 and dancing, full approbation from my masters for applica- 

 tion and accuracy. At the same time they honestly tell 

 me that ease is wanting, and you will also readily believe 

 that I have the assurance not to be discouraged with this 

 character, while they all assert that I may confidently 

 expect sufficient advancement in due time. . . . 



I have not exhibited myself at a public dance. My 

 master, who is a very sensible fellow, advising me against 

 it, as he observed that a person seldom loses the character 

 which he obtains from the first impressions ; but we have 

 agreed that I may venture at the next pique nique. 



On the alternate Sundays we have a dance : either a tea 

 dance or a supper dance ; one from four to eight, and the 

 other from five to one. This is called a pique nique, and 

 in its constitution resembles a Scotch oyster dance. 



