BLACKHEATH,September 30,1766.
MY DEAR FRIEND:I received,yesterday,with great pleasure,your letter of the 18th,by which I consider this last ugly bout as over;and,to prevent its return,I greatly approve of your plan for the south of France,where I recommend for your principal residence,Pezenas Toulouse,or Bordeaux;but do not be persuaded to go to Aix en Provence,which,by experience,I know to be at once the hottest and the coldest place in the world,from the ardor of the Provencal sun,and the sharpness of the Alpine winds.I also earnestly recommend to you,for your complaint upon your breast,to take,twice a-day,asses'or (what is better mares'milk,and that for these six months at least.Mingle turnips,as much as you can,with your diet.
I have written,as you desired,to Mr.Secretary Conway;but I will answer for it that there will be no difficulty to obtain the leave you ask.
There is no new event in the political world since my last;so God bless you!