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Carclew ¹
July 29

My dear Henry

I have received your photogenic ² together with your compliments in the cover – I laughed at the latter but felt quickly obliged to you for the former. It is by far the most perfect copy from nature which I have seen, & the distances are in admirable keeping –

Professors Moseley³ & Hall were here on Saturday with some of their Pupils from Truro & they all agreed that they had seen nothing so perfect – I think I told you that a man here was applying your invention to register atmospheric changes of various kinds – I have not seen him since I came down, but I am told that he is satisfied with his success⁴.

I had a summons today to [illegible deletion] the Council of the association to consider the propriety of meeting at Birmingham. ⁵ I am sorry to find there is any doubt on this subject. It would be awkward, certainly of the Chartists should take a fancy to examine the contents of a philosopher’s brain by actual interpretation, but I should hope that they are not such things at Birmingham as that would suppose, & I think there can be no danger –

Do you intend to go there? It is a short distance from Lacock, & will carry you far on your way to Caroline ⁶ at Buxton⁷ where I hope to pay her a visit –

The frost in May has destroyed all our fruit, & the rain is doing its best to ruin my hay

Yrs very truly
C. Lemon