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have been along while in going ffl the Post 

 I did not get my Box 'till Wednesday night; you 

 may besure I was as dirty as the ground before 

 it arrived Mr. Marshall thro' his kindness con- 

 trived to cheat me out of the Coach on Sunday 

 morning by which means I spent that day with 

 him at Durham and set of on Monday ffl the 

 Mercury Coach to Darlington Mr. Allan being 

 from home, I set off on Foot and arrived at this 

 place in the same Evening J fryed with heat 

 Thunder & lightning I shall not give you a 

 detail of this curious place, 'till / see my Bell 

 again I shall only say that I am kept very 

 busy, & that I have more work before me (coud 

 I stay to do it) than woud keep me close em- 

 ploy'd for 12 Months The Family at Wycliffe 

 Hall are all Roman Catholicks have prayers (in 

 a Chappell within the House) twice a day the 

 doors a lock'd and all is quiet during the time 

 of service but they don't mind me I am left alone 

 at my employment The Stewart, Mr. Collier is 

 as civil to me as possible & so is Mrs. New- 

 comb, the Houskeeper but there is no drinking 

 no excess a single glass of Wine or so is all 

 I believe I shall be quite weaned by the time 

 that I return to NC again but I believe if I 

 was at home, again it wou'd not be long before 

 I shou'd have a wetting of nebs with my hearty 

 friend Mr. Joseph Bell, who I often think about 

 when I am surrounded with Buckram Canvass 

 & Stay tape I sleep at 'one house, get my 

 Victuals at another, and have to go backwards 

 & forwards to the Hall to work it is rather 

 inconvenient but I must make it do I am also 

 obliged to shave myself there is no Barbers 



