
          London June 27th 1821

Dear Jack,

I sent you an unconscionably long letter
the day after I arrived here, which as you know it must have
required a great effort in one who has such an aversion to trouble
as I have. I expect that you will attribute it to the
selfish expectation of receiving rather more in return &
govern yourself accordingly.

I have been here now almost a month
and have been busily engaged in seeing sights & exhibitions of various
kinds so that little remains for me to see within the city, and after
a few excursions into the surrounding country I would be ready
to set out for Wales or Scotland, but as the coronation is fixed
for tomorrow three weeks, I am unwilling to lose the only opportunity
of the kind I shall probably ever have. It has been reported
that this affair was to be postponed till some time in August, which
many people think very probable, in that case I shall not stay.

As soon as I was settled in lodging I began to search for those
gentlemen to whom I had letters and among the rest called on
Dr. [Benjamin Guy] Babington & Dr. [John Mason] Good, Dr. H's friends. They were not within
and I left the Dr.'s books & letters & my own card & address, but
I have never heard from them; I am not very sorry about that,
as they are probably much engaged in business I would have
got nothing from them-- perhaps except a dinner which I did not
want. Sir J.E. [James Edward] Smith I could not find out, till I got
Mr. Weeks to enquire of Sir H. [Davy?]. He lives at lodgings
when in London, & having found them with some difficulty
        