Corpus of Modern Scottish Writing (CMSW) - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk/cmsw/ Document : 324 Title: Letter from James Wauchope to a Friend Author(s): Wauchope, James EdmonstonAug 28 1785 Dear Campbell I recieved your letter dated by a few days after it came, owing to our having gone out to Edmonstone, and your Father not knowing where to send it. I am happy to hear you talking of coming down so soon, as to go to Garscube and Panmure: altho' I am afraid you wil be disappointed in going to the last mentioned place with your Mother, as She is there just now: I doubt your Father will be gone before I get into town to get this letter but under a cover for you. I shall make it only a single letter in case that should happen. At present I ride into Edinr, every Morning to attend the Greek & Mathematics, & will do, for a month to come I suppose, altho' it is not very agreable leaving the country to be in town all day, yet if it will make me understand them any better I shall forget the inconvenience. You mention in your last Miſs Graham of Gartmore, indeed she is very pretty, but I don't think she is the only pretty Woman altho' I dare not say so to Ruſsell, whom I dined with yesterday; we had a veery fine ride together being Saturday. I was much obliged to you for your good wishes when I went to the Moors but I have postponed that expedition till next season, as it rather came in the way of my busineſs in Edinr., which was not a veery great disappointment, excepting the opportunity of visiting my friends at Dun. I am not great sportsman in the way of shooting. Ruſsell is cursing Mr Pitt stopping him by his tax, I think have been an exception, If your Father of town I am afraid you will think this letter hardly woth the postage there is so little in it, there being no news here but that the proportions have failed in Irland. I am Dear Arch' Yours Sincry Jaes Wanchope P.S. I will expect an answer without minding Frank