Sir

your two favors came safe to hand: Please to attribute my silence to my daily expectation of the last. I am much obliged to you for the drawing which shall be engraven with proper acknowledgements for my scotch tour. Would that the Lyre from the orknies may prove new & come in time to embellish my book.¹ I have perused y^r list of birds but do not find any new except the little Snipe.

I am very sorry I left London before I could have the pleasure of enjoying the acquaintance of M^rs Fordyce & M^rsFlemming

I am in great hopes y^r correspondence abroad will be productive of great matters. I beg to know how the publick museum goes on, & whether my good friend the Professor of N. H. has regained his health. Be so good as to make my complmints [sic] to Doctor Hope & let him know that the long delay of his friends not sending & paying for the fine copy of the Br. Zool. is both a loss & trouble to M^r Morris. ever happy to hear from you

I am
Sir
your obliged humble Serv^t

Tho. Pennant

Downing June 30^th 1771.

M

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