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some of them I hope will reach you at ye Cape. Mjr. Davy has Charge of No. 7. It is long. He goes on ye Ld. Macartney whose Packet will be closed the Day after to morrow.-All my Lrs. long and short, contain the same Particulars.-On the 12th I returned to Calcutta. On ye 14th Mr Doveton arrd. w. a Lr. from Mrs Motte; and on ye 29th I rec'd yours by the Pilot, the Contents of wch. affected me much, and will rest with a contl. Pressure on my Mind till I can hear from you, or of you, again.-I am prepared for a Visit to Lucnow. I am in daily Expectation of the N'b's Lr. requesting it. My Things are gone, and I shall follow, at ye latest, by the 20th.-Post to Patna; by short Marches, and wth. a mily. Escort, the rest of the Way. Dr Balfour accompanies me.-I have advertised ye Sale of Allipoor and Rishera.-Rd. Johnson is appd. Minister at Hydrabad; Chapman to Baugulpoor, and married on ye 4th to Miss Williams, her own uninfluenced Choice.-I am, in Health, as when we parted, and if I leave Lucnow as early as I hope I may, I propose to pass the end of the Rains at Rangamutty; certainly not in Calcutta. I will live to see you again, if you live. I have no Fears but for you, and these are great. The Neptune, wch. will carry this with public Dispatches to Bussora will wait there for a returning Packet, and possibly for the Reply to this. Take ye Advantage of it. Write to me the Moment you land, and by such other follg. Opportunities as shall occur to the latest Period from which there is a Chance of your Lrs. reaching me, but write only by Land Conveyances, none by Sea will reach me. I am fixed in my Resolution to follow you by the End of December. Nothing but Death, or bodily Restraint

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