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Half a dozen lines, or thereabouts, my dear Sam, are
all I shall be able to give you by this Post. I dined
at Q.S.P to day. You go to France for certain :
and probably even before Midsummer-day. Caen, capital
of lower Normandy, about as far pass as Paris it
is the place of your destination. Letters of recommend.n
are procured. Three houses have been mentioned heard of where
you can be accommodated. In Wh one it is proposed
my F. & M. and For shall take up their quarters;
Charles and you, one in each of the other two. I think
there can be no time for taking lessons of a French Master
But I can not see why Mr Davies, for the short time
you have, can not, if he will submit to the trouble, answer
every purpose. The grammatical part, I believe you
do not want: or if you do, books will give it you. For
conversation accustom yourself learn to put the necessary questions
(such as you will have most occasion to put in a strange
Family) to Mr Davies; then notice, & endeavour to understand
his answers. Inquire at your circulat. library
whether there are any books giving an account of Caen
or of any places in the route to it. At least Read what concerns
Normandy in Guthrie's Geogr.l Grammar. Don't
give way to indolence. It will be a trouble to you to learn
how to express yourself upon the ordinary occasions by means

Identifier: | JB/537/347/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 537.
Date_1	1775-06-08	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	537	Main Headings
Folio number	347	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	Correspondence	Number of Pages
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Penner	Jeremy Bentham	Watermarks
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