
I've been "vacating", &c, &c,—down the harbor loafing. So your letter enclosing
"phiz" that came some days ago was not attended to. Thanks for the presentment! A right fine
looking fellow—but if he could cross the Rocky Mountains or go on a whaling voyage & get a touch
of worldliness into him, he'd be all the better. You mustn't
enjoy nature too much, but roll in the dirt & tear your britches. Ask your sister if this isn't so!
You must have had a sweltering time in Phila—or Camden—this last month—We have been fairly done brown some days.
It is 6 o.c. Sat. P.M. I'm tired & fidgety to get out of
doors. Have been clearing up my studio, so I can feel a little decent on Sunday.
Did I write you I had moved?—my shiping shipping apartments, I mean. I'm staying in one part of my studio for a few weeks. So direct all your letters here. 12 Coast St. Room 11—

I send you a paper with report of Concord lecture.
If this letter goes tonight so you can get it Monday, I must go down town with it, when I get [illegible].
So goodbye. Have a good vacation—standing on your head & drinking better milk!!!!!
Yours ever Morse
