prior to our going down in the Country but did not receive an answer in course, owing to his having removed about a mile and half out of Town but hearing there was a letter for him in the post office he immediately answered it by a very kind and affectionate letter and an invitation to stay at his House during our stay in London. We visited the Two Theatres where at Drury Lane we saw the [indecipherable] Husband after piece, …Covent Garden, the Antiquary after piece the Miller and his men we did not visit many of the public Buildings owing to our being so very ill, we had a medical gentleman Dr White attending us upwards of a fortnight who paid great attention to us. We arrived in London the 20th day of June and left the 17th day of July for the Country making our stay their 27 days the day before our departure for the Country I was bled and blistered and both me and Eliza was so very ill we could not hold our heads up and I do not think Celia was much better. We arrived in Manchester the day following after travelling 186 miles without stopping except to change horses when we came to the Mosely Arms Inn we found my two cousins Mr Hargreaves, Surgeon and Druggist, and Mr John Hope waiting with a hackney coach to take us and baggage to our cousin Hopes a very delightful place a little way in the Country where a surgeon was sent for (Dr Barton) a friend of my cousin Hargreaves who took a great interest in recovering us as fast as possible. He paid all the attention was possible we began to recover very fast and Mr Hargreaves very often