TALBOT2937

My dear Henry

after many changes & much vacillation – in humble imitation of L^d Althorpe ¹ <sic>, we are at last decided to go by Dover, & set out on Saturday – The length of the Passage possibly great sea sickness, certainly much, the necessity of going on a particular day or waiting 3 or 4, counterbalances the advantages of new country & a prettier – added to which from 3 or 4 day <sic> travelling in England, we shall be able to judge how she ² bears moving & change of Beds &c &c – & can take a lodging for a week at Dover, & have salt water Baths if we find it adviseable – two Packets also sail daily – so we may choose our day Hour, & weather; I hope you approve The expence will be about ^£40 additional but this cannot be helped, & will be well laid out if it enables us to transport Horatia more advantageously – You will confer an inestimable benefit on us all if you will point out a road that is not quite impassable from Calais to Dijon which is not so dull as the old Abbeville & Beauvais track –

I am very glad to find by Constances ³ Letter today that there is still a chance of your coming to Les Delices ⁴ – you will be rec^d with a warm welcome – pray send us a Route – but it must be one you have travelled yourself. –

Y^r aff

C. F

W. H. Fox Talbot Esq^r M.P
Sackville S^t
London