He then desired me to call upon him often, and to acquaint him with my progress from time to time.
He expressed also his willingness to afford me any assistance in his power in the prosecution of my pursuits.
The carrying on of these different objects, together with the writing which was connected with them, proved very laborious, and occupied almost all my time.

I was seldom engaged less than sixteen hours in the day.

When I left Teston to begin the pursuit as an object of my life, I promised my friend Mr.Ramsay a weekly account of my progress.

At the end of the first week my letter to him contained little more than a sheet of paper.

At the end of the second it contained three; at the end of the third, six; and at the end of the fourth I found it would be so voluminous, that I was obliged to decline writing it..