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and no Man was ever more attached to his Profession than He is. He goes to Portsmouth next Sunday and then on Monday underline on to Plymouth, /underline where he is to present the Colours to the Division of Royal Marines in that Port in the Kings Name.

Since last week I have begun to take up my Music again, and on thursday underline William dined with me, /underline and though lady Mary Taylor was able to sing She could not play having hurt her Hand -- so we had some of my favorite Irish Melodies and Simple Ballads which we like better than any thing else. and then I played to amuse underline William /underline every underline Paddy tune /underline I could think of. underline O Connor O Cafferty -- O Casey /underline all this delighted and as I had not played so much for Eleven Weeks I think it did me more good than any thing I have underline done or taken /underline since I was underline ill. /underline I have not had any company yet for the Weather has been so damp that Sir Henry has begged I will not dine underline to unclear /underline till I return from Brighton. My Sister Sophy is better but has suffered Martyrdom with a fever in Her face. She feared it was the foreign: French tic douloureux, /foreign but it was not. She has been quite confined for six Weeks, which was a cruel deprivation to us both but last Friday I went to see Her & thank God found Her better a great deal. Mary was ten days with me. I underline screened /underline out a little corner in my underline tiny habitation /underline to give Her a bed & then She had the front Drawing room to sit in; thats quite enough for a Contented Mind; I hope