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bid adieu to a little Group of Friends after a long social visit is you know as tragical an Incident to my Feelings as it is to the tender Miss Willis of Bowbridge — to avoid the pain of saying Adieu under our own roof I & the two Boys marched thro a heavy rain into the North Wood & waited there to give our last Salutation to the two Carriages that conveyed away our very affectionate & interesting Guests –

The dear Bard of Weston is more Musical than Darwin or yr humble Servt as you will readily allow when I tell you that formerly He used sometimes to sing a song himself —I have been highly gratified by the regard which He & Tom have conceived for each other —the dear Boy is well & adds his kindest wishes to those of yr affectionate H Excuse a sad scrawl as we are just arrived very cool from the Sea – adio