are far too much
engrossed by party politics to entertain much relish for heavenly manna.
I pray every night and morning that their eyes may be opened to their
eternal welfare.

Having now arranged matters in Galicia, as well as circumstances will
permit, I am about to quit this province, directing my course to Oviedo
in the Asturias. The way is long, and is infested by robbers and
factious; yet I go forth without much fear, hoping that the Lord will
prove my shield and guard as on other occasions. From Oviedo I proceed
to Santander, and from thence to the Basque provinces. Santander, being
a large and flourishing town, affords me a tolerable prospect of success,
and I have accordingly directed my agent at Madrid to despatch thither
forthwith 150 Testaments. The intermediate country is, however, in a
most distracted state, a great part of it being in the hands of the
Carlists; it is therefore probable that the books may never reach me, in
which event I shall have to apply to England. To the Basque provinces I
hope to carry Saint Luke in a Biscayan version, which I shall print at
Santander should an opportunity present itself.

No time must be lost in accomplishing all that is possible in Spain,
which in the course of a few months may be entirely in the hands of the
Pretender. I received the lines which you directed to the care of the
British consul at Corunna, and was thankful for them. Pray present my
kind remembrances to Mrs. Brandram and family, to Mr. Jowett, and Mr. and
Mrs. Browne.

I remain, Revd. and dear Sir, most truly yours,

G. BORROW.

To the Rev. A. Brandram

(_Endorsed_: recd. Oct. 17, 1837)
OVIEDO, ASTURIAS, 29 _Septr._ 1837.

REVD. AND DEAR SIR,--A day or two after the date of my last letter I
quitted Corunna and passed over the bay to Ferrol, where I left twenty
Testaments in the hands of a person who has just established a small
book-shop in that place. My servant Antonio went round by land with my
horse, the only one which I now possess, I having disposed {251} of the
largest of the two at Corunna, as I thought he was unable to support the
fatigue of a journey to Oviedo. At Ferrol I hired a horse and guide as
far as Ribadeo, a distance of twenty leagues, and somewhat less than half
the way to Oviedo. This journey was a terrible one;