it, to an excess — He tells me he has not seen his father these twelve years, whether he is to be believed I cannot tell, — He appeared but Shabby, tho'

his were , and his Breath stank abominably with Gin, or some other spirituous liquor — I asked him his age he told me he was 29, & that his Wife was dead who I had heard was a Common Creature — if he was not weak, & thereby incorrigible, his father surely sho d

yet attempt to reclaim him; and if he is weak, he is the more pitiable — Adieu, My Dear Child, till I see you, all salute you. My paper as you see fails me to say more than that I am (Compliments to Mr Gray) Your affect t Father J h Bentham Mr Sam. l Bentham at M r Gray's Master Builder, in his Majesty's Dock-Yard near Rochester Kent Q.S.P. Dec r 10 h 1773