TALBOT7953

Whorlton
Saturday September 10^th

My dear Father.

I received Clio ¹ quite safe by the book post yesterday. Thomas ² has not been careful in putting up all those books which I put aside to be packed up. Neither My Æschylus nor my Tacitus w here there, Th this however does not particularly signify as I do not want them. But I should be obliged to you if they are about the drawing Library or anywhere else to have them put in my room

There is one book however which I do want and that is the 1^st Vol of Poppo’s Thucydides. ³ I am sorry I didn’t mention it sooner as it might have come soon with the Clio. It is half-bound but in case it might get injured by the post perhaps it had better have a bit of mill board on it each side. Our currants were pendulous and so I suppose the ribes petrœa. The Tees came down to day, and it has been blowing a h strong westerly gale all day which has probably [illegible deletion] caused heavy storms near the source of the Tees. I have been taking almost daily walks and next time shall be pre pared to answer any questions on Rokeby Greta et cat. The other side of Barnard castle ⁴ there is a most beautiful deep glen being part of Morwood Chase where I walked the other day on my way to the bridge of the railway which is to cross the Tees. It is not made of iron like the Deepdale bridge but is constructed of on stone piers of great heights Ross has not yet come back here.

Your affect son
Charles Talbot

NB. The sealed parcel was a Harrow copy which was due to me when I left and [illegible deletion] is very prettily bound Sidney Smiths works 2 Vols in 1. ⁵

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H Fox Talbot. Esq
Lacock Abbey
Chippenham
Wilts