ch it will appear that I received [word missing] thirty of the fifty
pounds drawn for: the residue covers the expenses at Madrid, of which I
defray one-half, the books being deposited at my lodgings. I shall
shortly send in my account for the last four months. Pray present my
kind remembrances to Mrs. B. and believe me to remain, Revd. and dear
Sir,

Ever truly yours,

G. B.

_P.S._--Best regards also to Messrs. Brandram and Jowett.

I have this moment received a letter from Seville, which was awaiting my
arrival at the post office. The British consul states that the Bibles in
embargo there are at the disposal of the Society; this is the work of my
friend Mr. Southern at Madrid, for had he not exerted his powerful
interest in the matter they were lost, and could not even have been
exported. To whom shall I send them? To Gibraltar, or to England?

To the Rev. A. Brandram (Private)

(_Endorsed_: recd. Octr. 14, 1839)
SEVILLE, PLAZUELA DE LA PILA SECA No. 7,
29_th_ _Sepr._ 1839.

REVD. AND DEAR SIR,--I beg leave to return you my best thanks for your
kind communication of the 27th Aug. which I found awaiting me on my
return from Tangiers, and for which I was already to a certain degree
prepared by my dear friend Mr. Browne's letter directed to the care of
Mr. Brackenbury at Cadiz. I shall act up as soon as possible to the
Committee's request, that I take immediate measures for selling the
remainder of our Bible stock in Spain, or leaving it in safe custody. I
will now tell you in a few words the steps which it appears to me most
advisable to take in the present emergency.

I shall mount my horses and depart for La Mancha; where I shall take up
my abode for a few weeks in a town with which you are already acquainted
and where I believe I have friends, and to which place I shall order a
chest of Testaments to be despatched from Madrid, on the receipt of which
I shall endeavour with the assistance of Hayim Ben Attar to put as many
copies as possible into circulation. I have always wished to do
something in La Mancha, which is in every respect the worst part of
Spain. I distinctly see that it must be now or never. God has granted
me success in many difficult enterprises: perhaps it will please Him to
favour m