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Weymouth 1st Septr 1786

Sir,

I have been riding along the Coast to Plymouth and back
again, else I should have acknowledged sooner your obliging
Letter of the 17th

I have no doubt that it is in the power of your Son to
make a fortune, and that nine men in ten would do so in his
place, but my apprehension is that both your Sons are too
liberal in their tempers to adopt a Mercantile Spirit, and
that your Son's mind will be more occupied with fresh
Inventions than with calculating Compound Interest which
the dullest Man in Russia perhaps can do as well as he; and
that in the mean time he is spending his best years in a
Changeable Country, and relying on Men of Changeable Tempers.
But I have no doubt that you inculcate every necessary
Caution to him, as well as everything else that is right,
and it is very presuming in me to take such great
liberties especially at a Time when I can be of no
immediate Service to him, nor cause or propose to him,
any immediate alternative.

Mr Dumont, whom I mentioned to you, will be at Bath
at the End of the month with Mr Barre, and I hope they
will prevail upon you to do me the honour of coming over
to Bowood, where I shall be very happy to see you, —
when ever it's agreable to you.

I am Sir, with great esteem and regard
Your most obedt hble
Serv.t

Lansdown

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