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110 STRAY LETTERS ON" EMIGEATION.
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_ It Is Now Four Months Since We Publish...
Dear Miss Rye , — Ship _JSFi pisiquel _, off Natal , November 1 , 1861 *
our ki We ndness liave just us arrived esecial at l our in f journ orwardin ey ' s end our . I write ara to tion thank for you sailin for b all the y JSfipisiquel . I would , p not have y missed it on g any consideration pp . Captain g and y valuable Mendsbefore
Mrs enced . Macbeth such kindness have been . Mrs our . Macb most eth has done for : us I far never beyond what experi she - clas ever promised cabinand , or if it we had anti been cipated possible . We the have captain taken would all our have meals made in the us a first bed
there s too , but , they * were very much crowded , . We are under 'Mrs . Macbeth's protection until we see Mrs . B — . I will
write again as soon as we are settled . Yours very sincerel Sara y , h H . My bear Mother , — Durban , _Natal , November 30 , 1861 .
When we I am landed going which to fulfil was my not promise for four of wiiting days after by anchoring the first opp , we ortunity did so . , together with Captain ) where and we Mrs supped . . and They slept took . Mrs us . W to Wilson told 's , us ( an if ever hotel we and were stores in
want of , a home to come there . The next morning we went to Durban hy train see u , s about and three we were miles afterwards : we went introduced to Mr . _JBrickhnTs to a Mr . . He K was very who p wanted leased to a
governess , . I was not sufficiently qualified for the situation , unfortu , nately ; but I very Mr stayed . K kind at to was a her boarding very , and kin made h d o , and her Fanny w sp hen end went h the e Immi week out gration riding with them with Aent ; him during for , and Coo which they lies cam were time e
, g was with it his not wife kind and ? We offered have us been a hom here e until a fortni we heard htand of Mrs something . T to suit we us are — always to consider this our home if we are in g want , of one , and we says are not to
Fanny hurry raised £ ourselves has 5 eveiy to-day , six as accepted months she does . a s not Mr ituation . wish Brickhill at us Maritzburg to expects get uncomfortable a , situation at , £ 20 a for year situations me , to in be a .
when day or we two sh . all I have cannot seen give more you about a descri us . ption We have of the seen coun lent try till of next mail , and had several ridesso that we shall soon be quite experienced py horsewomen company ,
and we get along famou , sly . , had I think no letters I have yet told but you are all expecting news , but them I will h write the again next mail soon . . The We view have
from this house is deli , ghtful ; we are in front of y the bay , and can see all the ships come in : we are up in the hills . Yours , & c . Sarah H .
My xheak Mother , — You must not think me unkind "because I only send a short note ;
Sarah has already told you all our adventures . We have only been sepahad rated such once a , deli and htful that ride was ! when a distance I went of nin to e Mr miles . K and 's we . met Oh , Mr Mamma . B , I g ;
On roug our h , and road my , and habit he taug blew ht about me to so ride when . I had I was such cantering fun , for ; the I enjoyed wind was it so so
much , and so would poor Nelly too , if she had been there . The next time was I rode I not nine courageous miles alone ? The , with next onl was y a a black three man -mile , a one Kaf with fir , for Sall an y attendant and George
number stay T till , M Monday of r . persons T , so 's you come son : see he down we is onl hav here y e thirteen p on lenty Saturday , of but company he rides on horseback . beautifull I have , a y and . situation A gre som at e ,
to to - which remain I with am going his wife next and week be . treated Mr . G as a is daug going hter to Eng whil lan e he d , and is away I am . I think we shall soon get on here ; the worst of it is , the awfully hot days ,
110 Stray Letters On" Emigeation.
110 STRAY LETTERS ON" _EMIGEATION .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1862, page 110, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041862/page/38/
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