TALBOT349

July 4^th

Lanelay ¹

My dear Henry

We shall be glad to see all you have enumerated & hope you will find a month or six weeks amusement in the Mountains but remember that I can promise you little within doors that will enliven you, so you must bring your sedentary studies with you – of course you will not expect such spacious accomodations <sic> as you are used to, but make up your mind to what you can get – I cannot learn exactly about the time of the Packets arriving at Cardiff so as to land the Carriage but I will write to you again tomorrow or next day when I have made the enquiry for with the little children it will be very desirable if you could perform the whole journey (as you generally may) without stopping to sleep &c. I am afraid the dry weather will burn up the gaiety of my garden before you come – my kind remembrances to M^rs Talbot – M^r Traherne ² is gone to explore a mountain road for us but Charlotte ³ sends you her love –

your aff Aunt

Mary L: Cole

Henry F: Talbot Esq^r
Lacock Abbey
Chippenham