t truly yours,

GEORGE BORROW.

To the Rev. A. Brandram

(_Endorsed_: recd. June 23, 1838)
_June_ 13, 1838, MADRID,
No. 16 CALLE ST. IAGO,

REVD. AND DEAR SIR,--I have received your letter of June 1st, but not
that of the 30th May which you allude to in the same, therefore I am
still in the dark upon many points.

Another bitter cup has been filled for my swallowing. The Bible Society
and myself have been accused of blasphemy, sedition, etc. A collection
of tracts has been seized in Murcia, in which the Catholic religion and
its dogmas are handled with the most abusive severity; these books have
been sworn to as having been left _by the Committee of the Bible Society
whilst in that town_, and Count Ofalia has been called upon to sign an
order for my arrest and banishment from Spain. Sir George, however,
advises me to remain quiet and not to be alarmed; as he will answer for
my innocence.

I am now compelled to ask a blunt question. Will the Bible Society look
calmly on and see itself compromised and my life and liberty exposed to
danger by the lunatic vagaries of that unfortunate Graydon, who, like a
swine in a field newly sown, has of late been solely occupied in rooting
up the precious seed and destroying every hope of a glorious harvest?
The newspapers are teeming with articles against us, for we are no longer
looked upon as a Society founded on the broad principles of Christianity,
but as one instituted for the carrying into effect of sectarian purposes.

In justice to me, it behoves the Society to communicate with Sir George
Villiers, who has abstracts of all the letters which I have written to
the Society, and who will vouch for their correctness.

Do not be cast down; all will go well if the stumbling block be removed.
I write in haste.

G. BORROW.

P.S.--What do you mean, my dear Sir, by the '_grano salis_'?

To the Rev. A. Brandram

(_Endorsed_: recd. June 25, 1838)
MADRID, _June_ 14, 1838.

REVD. AND DEAR SIR,--Immediately after having despatched my letter of
yesterday, I received through my friend, Mr. Wood, a communication f