| Description | My Dearest life, I had the pleasure to receive your letter of the 9th by yesterdays post. I am glad to know by it that you are settled in the country. I'm sure it is much better for your health than being in London and you may always have company enough to amuse you. I am sorry to notice that the sweet lawns and all the field are so much burn up for want of rain. I wish you had some of the rain that has fallen here. There has not been one fair day since last Thursday, and it falls here in quantities. I am afraid we shall have bad weather for some time to come for when it do's rain here it commonly continues, and they had fine dray weather all May, and till the very daythat we came here, which is unlucky for us as the waters are not near so strong in rainy weather. I wrote you last Saturday...We came here the Tursday before the 13th. I was very glad to get a place to settle in after travelling for a month and never above two days at on place, and as I was not very well made it not so agreeable as it would otherways been. We all begun drinking the ater yesterday I hope both Dundas and Lady Char. shall finde benefite both from the waters, and from the exercise whcih they must take along with them, and the regular hours. We have sett out these two morning before six oclock to the fountain. Dun. rides on horseback, Lady Char. and I go in the coach. Both Lady Char. and I were desired to ride likeways by the doctor, being better exercise by the water, but there are no side saddles to be got, and as we don't choose to follow Lady Anstruthers example in riding the French way, we must keep by the coach. Her Las. has not yet ventured to ride to the fountains on her cheval, but she and Jack Maitland ride out in the evenings.
Your acquaintance Sir John Sibright with Sir Charles and Lady Buck came here two days ago. Sir John told me that he saw you a few days before he left London. I think he looks poorly. There are severall English and Irish people here and more expected. We dined yesterday with a Polish prince. He is a great personage in his own country. He has a great number of servants, some drest like Turks and others like French foot men. We had a very good dinner served on plate and every thing in as good order as the place can admit of. He has but a bad house as they are in generall here. He wears the Turkish dress, his maner is extreamly ease and agreeable. He has the maner of a good coountry gentleman...little Prince is expected in a few days, but he would like this Prince Sapio much better. He mkes the bottle go faster about. You don't mention the Generall in your letter but I hope he is with you and in good health. Dundas and Lady Charlotte desire their duty to you, fare well my dearest life.
Beleive me ever your, M Dundas
I expect every day some ruffels for you from Guert, such as those you have already got I beleive I wrote you that I could get none that was fit for you when I was there, I ... some which are to be sent here. |