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Laycock Abbey
Monday

My Dear Henry

You have not deigned an Answer, & my letter was so long ago I suppose you have forgot it. Caroline ¹ says she was very snug with you in London all her grand intentions of thinning all your Woods & Plantations ended in cutting 3 branches of an Alaturnus! Harriet Galwey ² & daughter have been here since Friday last – She has not stirred from le coin du feu, ³ being distracted with the Tootheache [sic], she is going tomorrow to a Dentist at Bath to see what can be done for it.

We have had some high winds, many branches blown off but no trees

Aff^ly y^rs
E F

I have been filling up the other two Stew ponds left undone last Spring you will gain some good grass by it, & the place some wholsome [sic] ground instead of swamps infested with toads & snakes. I wish it was not such a costly pleasure. That great Oak stands out now, & looks superb. You have not answered anything about D^r Buckland ⁴

Aff^ly Y^rs
EF

I don’t mean that Lord L. ⁵ required an answer