I will now copy a scrap I had written to thee, immediately upon the receipt of your first to M r Davies. I left off, fearing the paper might be too thick. Dit mille graces, mon cher I am, ( car mille ne sufficient pas) pour la letter que j' ay recue ce moment par l'entremuse de M r Davies. J'y vois la bonhomie du mon chere frère, avec toute la ligerete Francoise. Vous avez meme attrapee quelque mots characteristiques de la langue, que vous avez seu pour la plupart mettre assez bien a leur place. Courage, mon petit bijou, (aussi petit par rapport a moi que vous ecrit cela qu'un Lannitor (hornet) vis a vis l'un guesse) si je ne suis pas plus mauvais prophete que tous les douze ensemble, vous ne manquerez pas de tourner votre sejour bien a profit. Accrochez vous sur-tout a cette belle dame qui a cue la Conte de vous preter son dictionarire — Tellement quellement, d'un facon ou d'autre faites vous en entendre. Write to me once more, to tell me of your destination, (if you know it) till your return. I hope you will go to Paris, if it be but for a day or two. Make a hard push for it. Is anything settled between you and the Davies's about meeting at Battle? If Q.S.P. were to return by way of Brighthelinstone, it would not be I believe, a great deal out of your way. They might then put you down, in the Equipage &c. If you think there is anything feasible in this, I would open the matter to my Father by letter: and, if requisite, to M r Davies. He might be desired to mention it as a scheme of his own, to M rs Davies. You know I suppose, of old Ackworth's death, and that the Widow is to be with her two daughters by turns, and that D is looking out for a larger house. I have a scheme in my head, which I will mention to you, that you may have somewhat to look forward to perhaps with a little pleasure. It is this. Davies wrote to me to ask me to go down to Chatham in your absence. This, for many reasons I declined. Hindrance to my studies, Fordyce's lectures, you not there. How my book hastens to a completion. I shall want an amanuensis to transcribe it for the proof and I should like to read it over to you and M r D. You scrutinize more closely a vast deal than M r Lind: and you would take more interest in a work of mine; than he does in his own. And M r Davies would certainly be now and then of some use. I wonder whether Chatham could furnish a correct and fluent amanuensis: or in short any amanuensis — My Tom is so drawling he won't do at all. There would be somewhat sociable in our Triple points: our Trinity if you please And by that time Miss Ousinam perhaps may be returned; and we might have some Music. As D. will have a larger house (with some little assets to support it, who knows but it might be possible to get the fair incognita there, some time or another. If my health were to hold especially, we could court her together to perfection. Lincoln's Inn Tuesday 12 Sept. 1775 Adieu — This is Baskerville's paper is it not beautiful? Poor Bark: is dead & we shall have, perhaps, no more A Mons: r Mons: r Bentham (Le fils) chez. Mons:r Mons: r Le Hardi Rue S t Jean Caen France.