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196 Monmouth Sunday Augt: 24th 1766 Hon'd Sir Imaging you may by this time be fixed at Weymouth after finishing your business in Hampshire & Devonshire, & being obliged to make this day a day of rest by the rain which has fallen for the first time since we began our journey except a shower at Oxford, I will take the opportunity to make you the most grateful acknowledgements in behalf of myself & my fellow traveller, for your kindness in obtaining the letter of recommendation from MR Browne and to acquaint you of our safe arrival at this place. our journey has been very delightful & our feet & forces have held out hitherto extremely well: I mean our bodily forces: as for those of the pocket XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX hiatus foreign language text — we could not leave Oxford 'till Saturday afternoon: but in the mean time I was so happy as to find Fr & Mrs Bentham at home & Mrs Bentham was so kind as to give me a letter of recommendation to Mrs Roberts wife of Dr Roberts Physician of in Herefordshire, which tho' unfortunately Mrs Roberts was gone to Bath, proved of infinite service to us, as it introduced us to the Dr who is an excellent Naturalist and Antiquarian, & whose candour and to us was equal to his learning. I met with a very cordial & polite reception from with whom we dined in the hall the fellows & rec'd my Exhibition from Mr Jefferson tho' not till after several deductions which left me but 15 .1.8 at 1/2 after 4 we left Friar Bacon's study in our
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