TALBOT257

Coedriglan
Feb 25 ¹

My dear Henry

You must think me very dilatory in furnishing you with the welsh etymologies you desired, but I did not think myself sufficiently au fait ² in the language as yet to send you any conjectures of my own – indeed I had found none – so I consulted my once master on the subject & now send you what he says – it has been in my possession some days but I was poorly & did not feel equal to writing even a few lines – I am almost well again now – I have done nothing satisfactory on the glass I think the black, lamp black & isinglass, is apt to scale off or is too thin and this lets the light through – would gum arabic & lamp black be better? Pray remember me to Mrs Talbot ³ –

Your affectionate cousin
Charlotte Traherne

I suppose Aunt Lily & Hor. ⁴ are gone to town.

H. Fox Talbot Esq
Lacock Abbey
Chippenham
Wilts
prepaid