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Lanelay
Tuesday

My dear Henry

It was very lazy of you not to come to the “Association” this year at Swansea & I should have taken it quite as an affront if I had been there myself. D^r & M^rs Fowler ¹were there and told me a great deal about the proceedings which seem on the whole to have been very interesting. we could only prevail on D^r Fowler to remain one night at Lanelay ² as he was in a hurry to reach Bath as soon as possible. If they went to Bowood ³ as Aunt Louisa seemed to expect them to do, you may have seen them since we did. –

Chris^r was detained at Cowes by bad weather so he was not one of the Savans you see! – Charlotte & M^r Traherne intend proceeding to Tenby now, for sea bathing – they are at Penllergare at present –

M^r Dillwyn compiled a small pamphlet called “Materials “for a Fauna & Flora of Swansea & the neighbourhood.” it is not published but if you should wish for a copy he begged I would say you could have one from Professor John Phillips or D^r Lankester who had some to distribute. M^r D. was tolerably well & bore the fatigue as [illegible deletion] as one could expect. –

Do write me a line & tell me how you all do & where you are at present. –

Mamma is tolerably well. She was much disappointed in not seeing S^r Cha^s Lemon but we had no room for Lady de Dunstanville too.–⁴

Pray give my love to all my Cousins & believe me

ever your aff^cte coz
M^y T.