‘Whitbread expended not less than 15,000_l._ in entertaining the King and Queen at his brewery. They left off working it three days before—new clothes—the floor carpeted, and three or four sets of china made on purpose at Worcester after the most beautiful models of Sèvres, that the Royal Family might be entertained separately, though in the same rooms. The King asked Whitbread what he paid for duties to the Crown, and his Majesty was not a little surprised to hear that he paid 52,000_l._ for the Brewery alone. You will say all that is kind for me to the Count and Lazowski. Madame de Polignac[120] &c., together with the French Ambassador, have been at the Terrace, where they were received by the King and Queen. At Bath the French ladies broke the standing rules by all going to the ball much too late, and on foot, which is not common, and one danced in coloured gloves. ‘You and I shall agree about the Liancourt Plough as well as most other things. The Duke’s ideas of farming resemble those of Mons. Baron, whose self-conceit is exceeded only by his ignorance, and who must inevitably starve, if he had to gain his bread by farming, and practised for himself. ‘Adieu. Ever faithfully yours, ‘J. SYMONDS.’ ----- Footnote 105: Arthur Young’s only son, born 1769. Footnote 106: Express, _n._, a messenger sent on a special errand.—_Webster._ Footnote 107: Published in the _Annals_. Footnote 108: Dr. Egan, Royal Park Academy. Footnote 109: The writer’s memory is at fault here. His correspondence with Dr. Priestley is dated 1783. The letters, however, are given here, as otherwise they would not be intelligible. Footnote 110: Mr. Magellan. This gentleman, often mentioned in A. Y.’s correspondence as descendant of the great Portuguese discoverer, seems to have attained some proficiency—even eminence—in science. Footnote 111: Secretary to the Society of Arts. Footnote 112: An old Suffolk family. Captain Plampin, mentioned in the French travels, is noticed in the new _Dictionary of National Biography_. Footnote 113: M. Lazowski’s broken English is given as we find it. Footnote 114: Catalonia. Footnote 115: It has been found impossible to include this letter from want of space. Footnote 116: A sort of plough for sowing grain in drills. Footnote 117: A chance or passing boat. Footnote 118: As Arthur Young’s letters, with trifling excisions, are incorporated into the famous travels, I do not give them here. His anxiety about Bobbin is ever apparent. ‘Give Bobbin a kiss for me. God send her well,’ he writes to his eldest daughter Mary; and, in another letter, ‘Remember me to your mother, and tell Bobbin I never forget her.’ ‘The Robin,’ or Bobbin, was now five years old. Footnote 119: