The transcription:
Pynes,
Exeter.
11th August, '98
Dear Mr. Arkwright
I fear that I have been very dilatory in acknowledging the receipt of ______ ____. But I have only just got home, to find it waiting for me here. Please therefore forgive my very tardy thanks: it was very good of you to send it to me.
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I wish however that the climate of Devonshire would pattern itself rather more than is at present does on that of fair Chohila.
Believe me to be
Yours Sincerely
St. Cyres
Submitted by Richard Hungerford at 7:13 AM on June 21, 2026.