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me a great deal of Latin; for I always find the words I look for, sometimes in different senses. So now, you know, you must answer my letter, or else it would not be a good one. God bless you, my dear Mrs. P, and I desire and hope you may be well. Next month it will be very cold. Every thing will be frozen then, except us.…
In a letter, dated Plaxtol, Kent, July 6, 1801, he gives the following modest account of his progress in drawing.
"I have drawn a very nice head, a great deal larger than the original; only, as it cannot be expected otherwise from me, being only five years and eight months old, there were a few mistakes that I need not tell you of."
