I can scarce ever sit at it two Hours at a time--several Days pass without being able to devote a single minute to it. However it will be done I hope ina Fortnight; & I shall then send it to you by some safe Conveyance. JI have taken a good deal of Pains with it, & could I have consulted you on particular occasions, it had been better executed. However it will undergo your Correction. After retrenching many things, it will fill upwards of 30 Pages in Quarto. The Notice Bishop Lowth has taken of this affair gives me fresh spirits, & animates me with ardour to write what yet remains. I have had a Hint lately of a Fund which would assist us in bearing the Expence of this Scheme; but as my . intelligence is yet imperfect, I shall not trouble you with it at _ present, I shall endeavor to gain more satisfactory Intelligence, & shall not fail of acquainting you with it immediately, if obtained. s

You have lately had a Sample of our late Right Honourable Governor'. From that Specimen you will be able to judge of the Man. At present we have a truly worthy Governor?. He is a Gentleman of excellent Sense, as you may see by the answers to the addresses presented to him ; his Life is most exemplary, & he is a warm Friend to Religion, to the CHurch of England & the Society. From his well known Character, I have not a Doubt but he would zealously second our Design ; & from private Information J learn that he has considerable tnthrenes with Lord Hillsboro, which I presume will be increased by his late services in N. Carolina. For these Reasons, as well as because the