[From Letters of Bishop Hildesley]

Letter LXV

Whitehaven, October 28, 1767.

I have now been a whole fortnight here, waiting for a favourable blast to waft me over to the Manks shore; nothing of which has offered, or at present is likely to offer. The packet set off 8 or 10 days since, got into Harrington, and there lies. No vessels, amongst many ready to sail, have ventured out of harbour; but all live in hope of a change for the better. My chief employ here is to receive visitors, for I have been very little out; and to answer letters of congratulation, directed to the Isle, which I intercept.