Letter 1934

[fol. 214] Sr Upm’r Dec: 30 1713 It was some time after I saw you yt I before I could acquaint Mr Blatch of Orset with your mind, & as yet I have not met with him, but this day senight I agreed with his Wife & gave her Instructions for her Hus- band on your behalf. I agreed for a Guinea p anud to comence this Xmas. I doubt not of his care & diligence in what is incumbent on him. I would have acquainted you sooner herewith, but a great deal of X+mas hurry hath either prevented me, or made me for- get it in due time. I am pretty well accomodated now for the Observation of 2 & 4&c having a Pole of 40 odd feet given me by mu friend Mr Barret (to whom I desire my humble service when you see him) wch is nicely fitted up for the managemt of Mr Huygens Glass of 12+ feet, & another of Campanis of 29 feet. But the weather hath been either so cloudy, or stormy, or damp, yt my Pole will so well do its part, as to enable me to ma- nage my Glasses with much less difficulty than I imagined. I shall with all yt diligence my other necessary affairs will admit of, address my self to observations, & impart them to the R.S. whose prosperity & good success, together wth yr own, is heartily wished by Sr Your much obliged humble servt Wm Derham