y were rather of a distant date, it is
true, but they quite revived me. I hope you are all well, and
my dear mother. Since I have been here I have written to Mr.
Lord. I was glad to hear that he has written to Hen. I hope
Lucy is well; pray remember me most kindly to her, and tell her
that I hope to see her soon. I count so of getting into my
summer-house again, and sitting down to write; I have arranged
my book in my mind, and though it will take me a great deal of
trouble to write it, I feel that when it is written it will be
first-rate. My journey, with God's help, has done me a great
deal of good. I am stronger than I was, and I can now sleep. I
intend to draw on England for forty or fifty pounds; if I don't
want the whole of it, it will be all the same. I have still
some money left, but I have no wish to be stopped on my journey
for want of it. I am sorry about what you told me respecting
the railway, sorry that the old coach is driven off the road. I
shall patronise it as little as possible, but stick to the old
route and Thurton George. What a number of poor people will
these railroads deprive of their bread. I am grieved at what
you say about poor M.; he can take her into custody, however,
and oblige her to support the children; such is law, though the
property may have been secured to her, she can be compelled to
do that. Tell Hen. that there is a mosque here, called the
mosque of Sultan Bajazet; it is full of sacred pigeons; there
is a corner of the court to which the creatures flock to be
fed, like bees, by hundreds and thousands; they are not at all
afraid, as they are never killed. Every place where they can
roost is covered with them, their impudence is great; they
sprang originally from two pigeons brought from Asia by the
Emperor of Constantinople. They are of a deep blue. God bless
you, dearest.

G. B.

He returned home by way of Venice and Rome as the following two letters
indicate:

To Mrs. George Borrow, Oulton, Lowestoft

VENICE, _22nd Octr. 1844._

MY DEAREST CARRETA,--I arrived this day at Venice, and though
I am exceedingly tired I hasten to write a line to inform you
of my well-being. I am now making for home as fast as possible,
and I have now nothing to detain me. Since I wrote to you l