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rich enough, but if he does happen to hear of anything either for Sir W.^m Jones or any one else, he will not fail to let you know of it.. from thence I went to Edwards in Pall Mall, to thank him for the two prints he sent you, which I did, & he with numberless bows &c, said you was extremely welcome, & that you did him a great deal of honor to accept them, & so forth! from there I went again to call on M^r Guy, to ask of him as Mr Flaxman desired me, to fix some time to come & see us in Buckingham Street, but He said that it was impossible for him to fix any time, for it was so uncertain when M^rs Barwell might want his assistance, that He could not leave the House for any time, but as he said that he wishd [sic] very much to see M^r Romney & his pictures, I persuaded him to go with me to cavendish square which he did but not without writing down where he was that they might send for him if occasion required it. \we/ found our good friend well & M^r Guy was highly delighted with the pictures —

so far I believe my dear Bard I have executed all your comissions; [sic] adam smith I will order for you soon. Now let me thank you for the very welcome news your very \kind/ letter tells me. I hope now that our dear Bard of Weston is in a fair way to a speedy recovery & my friend James Webber to make an illustrious man in the world. I shall think myself highly honord [sic] to have my sketch of Pamela travel under the care of so great a personage as M^r James Webber! —