THE 
MONTHLY MAGAZINE. 
No. 358.] SEPTEMBER 1, 1821. [2 of Vol. 52. 
POPE’S HOUSE, AT BINFIELD. 
Mr. Pope passed his youth in his father’s house, at Binfield, adjoining Windsor 
Forest, and there he wrote many of those works which laid the foundation of his celebrity 
and established his fame as the first poet of our language. Many of his Letters are 
dated from this house, and he resided here while he composed his « Pastorals,” his 
W indsor Forest, his “ Rape of the Lock,” and his translations of Homer. He 
afterwards removed to Twickenham, and there he wrote his « Satires,” and his “ Essay 
on Man;” but in connection with his genius and the history of English poetry, the house 
at Binfield will ever be considered as interesting and sacred. 
For the Monthly Magazine. 
EXTRACTS of LETTERS, from MR. W. 
C. JONES, to hlS FATHER, in LON¬ 
DON ; dated Achaguas, SthFeb. 1821. 
OINCE I wrote from Cuyaral, on 
O the banks of the Arauca, I have 
made good my arrival at this place, 
the head quarters of the army of Gen. 
Paez, in company with the deputies to 
congress for the Province of Guyana, 
with whom l expect in a few days to 
continue my journey to Cucuta, where 
l am animated by the hope of seeing 
the president (Bolivar) frequently 
while congress is sitting, who is the 
ue ana staff of every body interested 
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in the independence and welfare of this 
country, and from whose acknowledged 
high sense of honour and integrity I 
flatter myself with the best results to 
the object of my journey. 
Cucuta, the place of my destination, 
is stated to be much healthier than An¬ 
gostura, and indeed in travelling west¬ 
ward from that city the climate gra¬ 
dually becomes fresher and more salu¬ 
tary. The thermometer indicates but 
little variation hitherto, but as there is 
generally a breeze, and the surrounding 
plains are very open, there is conse¬ 
quently a freer circulation of the aiT, 
and tile temperature, although but 
N little 
