Archangel Feb y 26 th O.S.

1781

Poor Lind! I can't help thinking of the man. He was all together a very

extraordinary character. For my part I

was under great obligations to him. I received your Letter containing the

news of his Death the Day after I arrived here when I was at Dinner at the

House of a Merchant whose acquaintance I made by his means at M r Raikes's in London. I could not help starting

at seeing the words "Lind's Death" put at Top.

The Paper which you tell me of having dispatched I hope to receive by the

next Packet from Petersburg. I got your's of Dec r 29 th containing the first parcel of

" Exper" by the last post and "Div": came to hand

before I set out. As to the matter between Peake and Harrison I know no

more of it, than the Man in the Moon. Sir Cha s

Douglas's method of splicing the yards is certainly a good one but I

can't say so much of your description of it. If it were not for the bright

genius of my younger brother, my scribling would have been to

little purpose.