18th February 1857.
Dear Sir,
Your letter was forwarded to me here (at Belfast) & I think it best to write you a few lines replying to all of it except the part which related to the Trustees of the Museum. For this you must excuse me for some time. I cannot at present give the necessary consideration to it.
It is probable that before this reaches you the chief tie which connects me to Ireland will be severed; and that I may not any longer have even a preference for the part of England nearest to this country.
The clergyman to whom I alluded in my last letter has written to say that he does not see a prospect of the exchange he proposed suiting me. It certainly would not do so, unless I had in some way compensation for the pecuniary sacrifice it would involve. Perhaps, however, if such compensation were offered, I might yet have it; or if not I dare say I could change for the Somersetshire living & reexchange that for one nearer town.
This being the state of things I can have no objection to your shewing my letter (& this if you think it will be needful in explanation of it) to any friend at Cambridge; provided you caution him as to secrecy. Of course, I should not omit the latter spoken of unless it were likely to lead to an appointment. The person to whom you wrote might sound them if he thought there was any chance. I suspect, however, there is little or none.
is ideographically “a mulitiude”
([ill. del.] with the character for “a soldier” ummân “an army” –) & also “a flock”
compounding to the Hebrew
. In this sense it is interchanged with
.
in the question. One or other of three forms is in Bellino’s inscription – the other is another inscription of Sennacherib’s – This exchange renders the name of Rezia (
I believe) quite certain –
is I believe
or rather
. Rawlinson’s present reading is Pal-ukh – “Pul”; he has long since given up “Adremnelach”. [character] is a variant of
which I have read “Bin” – making Bin-ukh ie. “Bin is in alliance”; but this is doubtful. I have also suggested “Nin-ukh” As yet I see no certainty.
I remain Yours very truly
Edw Hincks
H. Fox Talbot Esqre
[envelope:]
H. Fox Talbot Esqre
Lacock Abbey
Chippenham