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My letters to mother from Hengwrt? year (George an undergraduate) 1864?

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[added later:] Letter from HEL to her mother Dull. Date?

Friday 9th [June 1865]

Hengwrt Dolgelley

North Wales

Dear Mamy

Your letter came in after I had started on our walk- but I don't think there was anything special in it to be answered – I am sorry to hear Papa was not so well. My last was a mere scrabble & all that it did contain is to be contradicted hereafter

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but I shall go straight on with my news.

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partial. Today we tried […]

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mere chance that […]

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bank on one side […]

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on the hills […]

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her daughter […]

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[…] The lights were perfect: really the kindness of the area is something too wonderful only think of there being an iron bridge across the estuary at Barmouth!

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a change from Papa's days I guess. […]

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thing – We gave them tea […]

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perfectly lovely […]

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evening was spent […]

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Tell Papa I am not sure that there is any thing fancy in the garden – some peculiar columbines & pink day dasies & little blue irises & one or two more of the sort were what I alluded to but I will look. If I find

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any leaf climbers & if it is a climber I will get it.

I knew I cdn't find it out by its leaves & so I merely gave a cursory glance - & for ought I know it may be as common as dirt. Ask Papa what a bird with dull red tail, a grey body & black & white head is it flew along a stone wall in front of us & flirted its tail a little in the way of a wagtail

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but there is no red tailed wag tail, is there? We often see herons flying. […]

Eff. comes on the 17th in order to see me

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so that if we leave here on the 21st to get to Down 22nd we shall have had 3 days. If it is fine & things are agreeable I think we will stay till 24th but we will see how Papa is & what Geo thinks. I am so very glad I shall see her.

Now goodbye dear Mamy

I must write to Elinor

yours ever Harriet […]