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. Previously published: Charles Cuthbert Southey (ed.), Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey, 6 vols (London, 1849-1850), II, pp. 74–77 [in part].
These letters were edited with the assistance of Carol Bolton, Tim Fulford and Ian Packer
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Our trunk arrived by the last packet – a joyful arrival – for I
was beginning to be as bare as a plucked ostrich. the earthern-ware we do not
expect before the return of the King George, as it is directed to Yescombe,King George, which sailed
between Falmouth and Lisbon.
Little duck Stephensrs MitchellSan Sebastian. He rose to be an
Admiral in the Portuguese Navy.
My Uncle – to my surprize –
liked his knives better than if the handles had been white. he has enough to do
with burying & christening among the soldiers, tho the Priests poach among
his flock sadly. We profit somewhat by the war, getting most excellent pieces of
the sirloin from the ration xx my Uncle. The
summer we pass at Cintra – whither
however we shall not go till July, for in June we have to see the Procession of
the Body of God – of St Anthony – & the Royal family
with the Knights of the New Convent. & we must also wait to see a Bull fight
– which being a cool summer amusement, only takes place in the hottest weather.
– Poor Thomas is very ill –
& must I believe once more come to Lisbon for his health. by the by he
desired me to say he wished my
Aunt would send to Lisbon an account of what money she had received
from him, that my Uncle might
see he did his duty. – I shall be very glad to have him here, as I want a
companion to ramble with thro the city & into all the churches.
I read nothing but Spanish & Portugueze. Edith knows enough of the common
words to get all needful things done about the house. We have had an infinite
number of visitors & our debt is not yet paid off. Young Hawker is a
good-humoured man – his wife disagreable enough to have the old
Press-gang-fellows daughter by blood instead of by law.
Edith has seen the Aqueduct. even
after having seen it I was astonished at its magnitude. Shakespere’s “lessened
to a crow& looking down the str. She has also seen the
New Convent.xx I remembered
<it> & burnt tallow for the old Babylonian. We had another
illumination for the christening of a Princess.
I shall send this by a private hand. Rundell
We look somewhat anxiously for letters by the next packet.