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STRAY XETTERS ON EMIGRATION. Ill
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_ It Is Now Four Months Since We Publish...
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sea . Keep up your spirits , , all of p you , we Y shall ours be affe rich ctiona some tel , day . y
, E _. H _> Brighton , near Melbourne , December 9 , 1861 .
Djbar Miss Rye , — You were anxious to hear how we got on out in the colonies . . . * . A friend of niy father ' s who is settled introducti here , received that Lad into his house the day
thank did dai after l us we Lad the landed y most Dowling ; good but but . the from eventuall Mrs , lett u . s , Gatty er of you hop J p ones e lease to have h ? on been We a day are mos school t doing k y i . Dowling pretty ; We and are w gave well ill much yoii us as
at obli present y ged governesses friends to , you and for every , the one interest is very y you With good took kind to in us us regards , ; we like w I r the emain have colo al & read ny c very y foundl well
many . , M , . B , . Antwerpnear MelbourneNovember 23 , 1861 *
, , Dear Miss Rte , — delaed I it now fulfil t I am my leased promise by tell writing that to you X have , thoug met h I with have a very long you
comfortable y ; situationabout p 300 miles from G-eelong , in the Bush . It is a very wild thankfu and l romantic to tell , spot that , sit I am ted in a th ious e ban famil ks of the Mr . W E imuiera is , indeed and I
a am true so and devoted Christian you : he has made p a large fortun y . e as a settler out hereand now he has entirely devoted himself to the cause of Christ among
the tion W Blacks , hen to take I , left and to the many different Ken throug t the clergymen h Archdeacon his instrumentality at Melbourne gave me have , and letters fortunatel died Mrs of . E _recommenda y obtained happ , having ily the . -
app situation The lied first to . one I part have of of these four the pup gentlemen voyage ils to I teach for enjoyed a , and governess very the salary much , I , I but receive during y t is _^ £ the 45 . last
few cabins weeks but it was we very reached roug Melbourn h , and we e safel were obli I g am ed thankful to be shu to down say , after our seventy ; -five days' sail , which , on the whole y , , was a favorable passage . And
now my study will be to repay you as soon as I possibly can . Again thanking you for all past kindnesses , Believe gratefull
me , yours y , r . a . Madam— London .
to I it am , was very certainl much surprised Miss C that ' s p none lace to of do the so young , and I person can make s have apolog written ies
for you all ; out for her . y able The together officers , that of the the vessel time were passed very very kind p to leasantl all , and y . they When were they all so reached agreewent landtwo of them took lodings
at Sy daug dney . £ 1 hter Is , . Miss remained a-week C , and with and my our Miss sister friend J ' s friend seven to weeks ok on my , and daug ; then hter at she to the said Dean she should . g other My
look out for something for herself , which is all I can say present , as matters The country are entirel is y private beautiful . * and everything is cheapthe people are
very gaudy in their very dress . , Yours respectfull ; y ,
* The girl was engaged to be married .
Stray Xetters On Emigration. Ill
STRAY _XETTERS ON EMIGRATION . Ill
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1862, page 111, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041862/page/39/
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