TO THE SAME.
January 5, 1825.
MY DEAR POOLE,
My proposition to come into Somersetshire about the 10th was founded upon two visits which I had to pay in this county, Hants; I am now only about sixty miles from you; and had you been at home, I should have come on to Nether Stowey. The 13th is the first meeting of the Royal Society after the holidays; and though I might do my duty by deputy, yet I feel that this would not be right, and I will not have the honour of the chair without conscientiously taking the labours which its possession entails. I regret therefore that I cannot be with you next week. God bless you.
Believe me always, my dear Poole,
Your affectionate friend,
H. Davy.
TO THE SAME.
Park Street, Feb. 11, 1825.
MY DEAR POOLE,