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<h2> To Dr LEWIS. </h2>
<h3> DEAR DOCTOR, </h3>
<p>My niece Liddy is now happily settled for life; and captain Lismahago has
taken Tabby off my hands; so that I have nothing further to do, but to
comfort my friend Baynard, and provide for my son Loyd, who is also fairly
joined to Mrs Winifred Jenkins. You are an excellent genius at hints.—Dr
Arbuthnot was but a type of Dr Lewis in that respect. What you observe of
the vestry-clerk deserves consideration.—I make no doubt but Matthew
Loyd is well enough qualified for the office; but, at present, you must
find room for him in the house.—His incorruptible honesty and
indefatigable care will be serviceable in superintending the oeconomy of
my farm; tho' I don't mean that he shall interfere with Barns, of whom I
have no cause to complain.—I am just returned with Baynard, from a
second trip to his house, where every thing is regulated to his
satisfaction.—He could not, however, review the apartments without
tears and lamentation, so that he is not yet in a condition to be left
alone; therefore I will not part with him till the spring, when he intends
to plunge into the avocations of husbandry, which will at once employ and
amuse his attention.—Charles Dennison has promised to stay with him
a fortnight, to set him fairly afloat in his improvements; and Jack Wilson
will see him from time to time; besides, he has a few friends in the
country, whom his new plan of life will not exclude from his society.—In
less than a year, I make no doubt, but he will find himself perfectly at
ease both in his mind and body, for the one had dangerously affected the
other; and I shall enjoy the exquisite pleasure of seeing my friend
rescued from misery and contempt.</p>
<p>Mrs Willis being determined to return with her daughter, in a few days, to
Gloucester, our plan has undergone some alteration. Jery has persuaded his
brother-in-law to carry his wife to Bath; and I believe his parents will
accompany him thither.—For my part, I have no intention to take that
route.—It must be something very extraordinary that will induce me
to revisit either Bath or London.—My sister and her husband, Baynard
and I, will take leave of them at Gloucester, and make the best of our way
to Brambleton hall, where I desire you will prepare a good chine and
turkey for our Christmas dinner.—You must also employ your medical
skill in defending me from the attacks of the gout, that I may be in good
case to receive the rest of our company, who promise to visit us in their
return from the Bath.—As I have laid in a considerable stock of
health, it is to be hoped you will not have much trouble with me in the
way of physic, but I intend to work you on the side of exercise.—I
have got an excellent fowling-piece from Mr Lismahago, who is a keen
sportsman, and we shall take the heath in all weathers.—That this
scheme of life may be prosecuted the more effectually, I intend to
renounce all sedentary amusements, particularly that of writing long
letters; a resolution, which, had I taken it sooner, might have saved you
the trouble which you have lately taken in reading the tedious epistles of</p>
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