George S. Fursdon, near Exon., to Ozias Humphry, 3, near the chapel, Knightsbridge
He writes after his return to the "red mud" of their native land. The Park has been ploughed up for the first time in 40 years and is, indeed, very red. It will yield turnips, potatoes, wheat, barley and clover a hundredfold. He is now utterly naturalised to the rural life, after his 6 month soujourn in London. The purchase made just before his departure has sealed his reputation as the "profoundest" politicians in the hundred. Charles [his son] returns via Bath with his Grandfather, having broadened his outlook, refers chumily to an opinion expressed by their friend
William Holwell Carr. He hopes Humphry will visit Devon, which has "produced more painters than half the counties of England put together."