TALBOT852

Ilfracombe ¹
4^th August - 1819.

About 36 hours travelling brought me here from London. On my arrival I found the whole party assembled, & that Worsley ² had taken lodgings for me. I like the place very well, and the party is very agreeable. Worsley and I made an excursion to Linton or Lynemouth which is about 20 miles from here to the East. We found it a beautiful country. In clear weather I can see the villages & even roads on the Welsh coast: but all I have yet been able to recognize is Worms Head, Rossilly village, & the Mumbles light house. - Tell M^r Feilding ³ that I changed my napoleons very advantageously, for 16^s 4^d each. - when I was in town I dined with L^d Winchilsea ⁴ where I met Miss Feilding ⁵ and Gilbert Heathcote. ⁶ - I went to see the panorama of Venice which is pretty good. I also saw at an engraver's several specimens of Bank Notes which had been sent to the committee of the House of Commons - I travelled as far as Salisbury with a warm partizan of Bennet's - The election was going on actively there. My love to all -

Y^r Aff^te Son
W. H. F.Talbot

À Miladi
Miladi Elisabeth Feilding

Poste Restante
Rouen
France