TALBOT2300

Warminster
17 Jan^ry 1832

My Dear M^r F.

I hope there will be no mistake in sending the pheasants to my friends at Chippenham ¹ – I daresay M^r Awdry ² would point out to the groom (if they are sent by him) where the people live, as there are several in the town that have the same names – And I wish you would ask M^r A. where M^r Witts lives as I think I heard he had left the Town, but if he has not, I should like a brace of birds to be sent to him.

If you like to amuse yourself in rural matters, the plantation by the cascade (beyond the brook) wants thinning: and so does the one by the wall in front of the house. In the latter it is chiefly the black poplars, one half of which might be spared – The trees that come away, to be planted at Nethermore ³ along with some others that Fitzsimmons ⁴ is going to plant there. If you have not time for this affair, consign it to Awdry

Yours aff^ly
Henry Talbot

Captain Feilding
Lacock Abbey