Dear Sir

Thanks to you for both y^r favors. we will trouble ourselves no more about the dirty peer Ld F. only I must ask you who was his unfortunate wife for I mislaid a former Letter of yrs.

The more I see the more I admire M^r Clerks etchings. Pray is he living. where is Lassuade? for that is out of my knowledge.

I hope M^r Cordiners prints have reached you. There are but three wanting to complete the set. & they will be very beautiful. I expect his M.S. daily after which it shall go to press, bad as the times are.

I hope y^r terrors are over abt Paul Jones. our luck is very hard to be insulted by such a Pyrate. our sands & shallow seas protect us here.

I am Dear Sir
most faithfully y^rs

Tho. Pennant.

Downing Oct^r. 5^th 1779.

Is the new history of Edinburgh in good repute? has it prints?

Do you hear whether M^r Bruce will publish?