Downing Sept^r 29^th 1773.

Dear Sir

your kind favors of aug 23 sep^tr. 2^d & 17^th met me yesterday at this: which with their agreable & instructive contents demand my best thanks. The use they are to me is very important: I have near fifty Letters before me so dare say you will excuse me for not enlarging more. I can only say that I feel very sensibly my inability to make an adequate return. I am unwilling to force the willing horse: all I can say that if [sic] you can soon pick up anything more respecting Giga. &c or any of the western isles ( [sic] you know those I saw it will be most acceptable. Be so good as to forward the inclosed & think me

Dear Sir
with the sincerest regard
Y^rs

Tho. Pennant.

My compliments attend M^r Oliphant. also to M^r Macgovan: the box with his kind present has never been heard of: I wrote to M^r Secretary Jackson about it; begging him to write to the person who had care of it, as the loss will be heavy to the poor young man.

Downing

Free
JGlynn

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