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Harry two days ago announced to me the birth of my cousin. I am glad you have a child, & also that it is a boy, – I am glad too that the name of Herbert has been taken care of, since you have for the present preferred another.
What I have done to Molina has been very little, – I have only the first volume in the original & have seen none of
the translations, – which however the American translated, whoever he be seems diligently to have examined.
My authority about the Paraguay is your Noticias do Lago Xx Xarayesxxxxxxx <this> authority is to be relied on, – if you think it is not, I will either
cancel the leaf, or state in a note the contrary opinion.
As for the Anta,Xxx confound with the Tapir or Anta in your letter. – Some
of the errata I cannot turn to, my sheets reaching no farther than p 208. I sent off the 14th Chapter about a
fortnight ago by way of Mr Perceval ; & have the 15th
written & ready to send, – & about half the 16th One more concludes the volume, for I fear there will not
be room for Texeiras voyage
I have just concluded an engagement with the Ballantynes which
will occupy me closely till the end of the year, so that I shall be able to do nothing more than bring out this volume. It is to write
the historical part of the Edinburgh Annual Register which they are starting.the far it is compatible with better pursuits. The pay is very great, & will come seasonably. They talked of 30
sheets – I stated the folly of spinning out matter beyond what it would bear, & this therefore is at my discretion. How completely
unprepared I am for the task I have fully explained to them, – nevertheless they have no remedy. – nobody else would be more
xx <prepared> is to them a satisfactory answer, – so I must do my best, which will be a great deal better than,
under such circumstances, they can have any right to expect.
Your Angola MSS
The running title of my book should have been as it stands upon the first MS. Hist. of Brazil & Paraguay, – I must
say something equivalent to this in the Preface, & then all that relates to the discovery of the countries will appear to be
integral as they are indispensable parts of the work. Their necessary connection will be manifest in the second volume. when the
foundation of the Guarani Reductionx careless xxx.
Those Rio Grandes have provoked me, – if I can discover any alias it shall be adopted.
Your quarto MSS about Genoa was sent to Staunton because I thought you wanted all the books connected with Italian history.
I could have the Derw. Stewardship if it suited me in spite of all the borough interest in Northumberland, – for Lord Lonsdale can command it & his interest would weigh down any two Dukes.
But it requires more time than I would sacrifice for any salary.r Ballantyne is
just as good a thing, & so far better as that I have a chance of cheating the Income Tax & a certainty of escaping other
deductions, to the tune of about 20 per cent more–The Annual Review is defunct
Harry is beginning to write the History of the Crusades, – a subject which
he set his mind upon some years ago, & which is a choice one in all respects. His wife seems to be ambitious for him, – which is a good thing, – & I think when he gets on a little way, the subject
itself will keep up xx <his> interest in it. He has both the Bishops & the Chapter-Library at command,
If the sources of the Riv S Francisco are known insert them for me in an account of that river which you will find in
the 16 Ch.th together on Sunday – – The
passage about the Paraguay I inserted in the proof sheet, – it is not in the two Chapters which thro Longmans carelessness were not <never> sent you. The note about the Anta
was also an insertion suggested as necessary by Rickman. – Do you see Murphys new
work announced?