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Penrice ¹
Wednesday

My dear Henry,

Pray come & do not be so obstinate, come with M^r Nicholl ² that I may see you here which I shall not do unless you come then; you may return to Clifton ³ by Steam from Swansea in a few Hours – If I could but settle a few points about some dried & some fresh Plants with you how happy I should be! Tell Aunt Lily ⁴ I will write to her in a day or two – Mama Sir C. Isabella & Emma ⁵ are gone to Carmarthen Sir C. is to lay the first stone of Sir Tho^s Pictons Monument ⁶ & they are to have very gay doings they will return on Saturday – Kit ⁷ is at Cowes or Southampton & I heard you were there with him but I find I was mistaken – The Galatea ⁸ was so much injured by the Storm she encountered in going round the Land’s End that she will not be fit for the Mediterranean this year, which to say the truth I am not sorry for, as I think October too late to set out. Kindest love to all – Do you know M^r Müller at Bristol he has a beautiful collection of Fosils [sic] he wrote the Crinoidea (I do not spell it right I am afraid). – Take care to see Ratcliff Church & Bristol Cathedral – & Kings Weston & Berkeley Castle.

Yours aff^ly
Jane H. Nicholl

Henry Talbot Esq^re
4 Mall Buildings
Clifton