| Description | I dare say by this time my Dear Madam your are thinking I am not a Woman of my word after promising so often to send you an account of Cornwall or rather my opinion of it & not to have done so when I have been here so long has rather a bad appearance but belive me it was not neglect no I thought of you evry day & evry day wished to find something pleasing to write I knew Mr Bolton was in London & of consequence you wou d not Leave Soho till he returned or perhaps for some time after I now find he is returned & that if you intend visiting this Country this summer it most be soon I therefore wou d delay writing no longer—Mr Watt & I on our arrival found there was no such thing as a House or Lodging to be had for any money within some miles of this place where the Engine Was to be erected which obliged us to except of Mr & Mrs Wilsons very kind invitation to say at their house where we are treated in the kindest manner & evry thing in their power is done to make us comfortable and happy it gives me pain to think I must give trouble to such good people, for I am very certain our being here must be inconvenient to them as their family is large and their House very little & to add to all the Cornishe Servants are a set of Laziest Wretches that now Breathes on the Earth to say nothing of their Nastiness Mrs Wilson is a yorkshire woman & is teazed to death with them I am sure few people wou,d bear the plague she has with them half so well as she does I dont know what to say to you of the Country the spot we are at is the most disagreeable part of the whole County the face of the Earth is broke up in ten thousand heaps of rubish & scarce a tree to be seen the Houses to are not very plenty nor do you see a Gentlemans House for a wonder the roads in general are very good under foot but hilly which makes travelling teidious Dont think that all Cornwall is like Chacewater, the place we are now at, I have been at some places that are very pleasant nay Beautifull the Sea Coast to me is charming but not easy to be got at in some places my poor Husband has been obliged to mount me behind him to go to Some of the places we have been at. I asure you I was not a little . . .her at first to be set on a great tall horse . . . high pillion at one of our sea jaunt[s] . . . were only charged two pence a piece for our Dinner you may guess what our fare wou d be from the cost of it I asure you I never eat a dinner with more relish in my life nor was I every happier at a feast than I was that day at portrith I hope to see you enjoy the manner of living here with as much pleasure as I have done I wish to see you here one thing I most tell you of is to take care Mr Boltons principals are well fixt before you trust him here poor Mr Watt is turned Ana Baptist—& duely attends their meetings he is indeed and goes to Chapel most devoutly For give me for troubling you with so long an Epistle I beg my Compt to Mr Boulton Mr Watt joins with me in offring them to you & Mr Fothergills Family In hopes of seeing you & Mr B soon I remain with respect my Dear Madam
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Chacewater Sept 1 1777 |