Answer, which I have great pleasure in adding.

"The late Mr. AUSTIN'S wife was a Manby (my Mother's sister). And it may
seem strange that, in the FARMER'S BOY, _Giles_ no where calls him
_Uncle_, but _Master_.... The treatment that my Brother _Robert_
experienced from Mr. _Austin_ did not differ in any respect from the
treatment that all the Servant Boys experienc'd who lived with him. Mr.
_Austin_ was Father of fourteen Children by my Aunt (he never had any
other wife). He left a decent provision for the five Children that
surviv'd him: so that it could not be expected he should have any thing to
give to poor Relations. And I don't see a possibility of making a
difference between GILES and the Boys that were not related to
Mr._Austin_: for he treated all his Servants exactly as he did his Sons.
They all work'd hard; all liv'd well. The DUKE had not a better Man Tenant
to him than the late Mr. _Austin_. I saw numbers of the Husbandmen in
tears when he was buried. He was beloved by all who knew him. But I
imagine _Robert_ thought that when he was speaking of Benevolence that was
universal, he had no occasion to mention the accidental circumstance of
his being related to the Good Man of whom he sung."


SUPPLEMENT

I have mention'd in the Preface "THE SAILOR'S RETURN", from an intimation
by Mr. G. BLOOMFIELD. From the Author himself, Mr. ROBERT BLOOMFIELD, I am
oblig'd with what part he can recollect of this SONG, which I was desirous
to recover. It was written shortly after the PEACE with AMERICA and
FRANCE. Probably some time in the _Spring_ of 1784. The Author thinks the
Title of it was "THE SOLDIER'S RETURN," and that it was occasion'd by the
arrival of some Regiments of British Soldiers from remote parts of the