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I am looking out for a horse to send him. It is a difficult 

 commission, though I have a great many that I wish he 

 had, if I thought he would like them. — Etc. etc. . . . 



APPENDIX BI. 



November 17G6. 



At the Custom-house there is a red bed upon my list, 

 which I have not made use of, and which you may take 

 if you want anything of that sort, and think it worth 

 while. Send my shoes to Mademoiselle Morel, at Calais, 

 in case you find no opportunity of sending them directly 

 from Paris, and I will find some method of getting them 

 over. 



Pray, don't let the commode be too much ornamented. 

 J'aime le grand simple comme le Prince ; but as it will be a 

 principal piece at the end of the room, between the two 

 windows, it must be handsome, so as to be an object. 



Bunbury and Lady Sarah set out next week, and I will 

 get them to take you tea and fans. I wish I could muster 

 up resolution to come to you, if it was but for ten days. 

 Besides French resources, you have a very good English 

 set, which is always a great comfort. 



I was prevented from writing to you last Friday, being 

 at- Newmarket with my little girl. I had the whole family 

 and Cocch^. The beauty went with me in my chaise, 

 and the rest in the old landau. I have intended a 

 thousand times to have wrote to the Rena ; something or 



