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112 STRAY LETTEBS CXN" EMIGKATIONV
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_ It Is Now Four Months Since We Publish...
_; Dearest _Uncle , Balmain , Sydney . ¦ for uncle : a week ; I and have first I have again to see a the situation how opportunity I like to go it . to of It next is writing one week of to the in you Sydney largest . I , am and and still I best am -with shops going nay
in a respectable _^ Sydney , as house good , as called any one the in Governesses [ London . ' I Home shall . take I do a room not yet in know Sydney what , in I shall but not more than £ 1 a-weekif I do that *
pay , , . clergyman I am going with to Miss attend M St . James one ' of s Church the ladies in who Sydney cam * e I out went with to me see she the ;
has a situation at < £ 70 a , . beautiful It is very for hot all that here , I never year felt so hot in my life before , but the weather . is
situated past from in morning a nice part to . of Balmain nig the ht , town I quite is , a close very enjoy to pretty the the water scenery place ; , and and , and the uncle we boat ' s have house s sailing such is
beautiful extra attention flowers and , — -roses care , ) geraniums . There are , and passion lentof flowers grow and _ivild I am ( i . e ., without fond those of a fruit in called land loquats . Cape gooseberries py are very oranges nice , : you haven very 't any of
Eng . Yesterday we all went to a party at Mr . W" ' s . We We got started wet came about but home never nine in a o ' boat clock ht b in y cold mo the onli morning and ght , enj but , oyed and the got it sea home was much about very heavy nine thoug at ; h we ni I g feel ht all .
, caug , very , _-xather them : timid we are , not alway being s obli used ged to to a boat ( from , but Balmain I suppose ) b I shall a steam soon er get to used dney to
go y Sy . to wild We . a generall p flowers lace called y go _ISTorthshore every Saturday , with somewhere Gr and in J a . W boat ; the , wher other e we day gathered I went
"Volunteer Concert , and the . I following have been Saturday also to I the went Botanical to the _^ New Gardens South and Wales the Woolloomoloo Museum .
Australia I hope some again . day to see England again , but I should like to come hack to . use I for wish F to come was — here . I one think here he must mi work ght do . well ; but it would be no
, every inquiring I hope , friends dear . I , to shall hear never from regret you b coming y next to mail Australia ; give my . With love to kind all love to you all , believe me , Yours most affectionately ,
The following letters Lave been sent from Natal and Brisbane to
ladies much interested in every branch , of our work : — Dear Miss Merry we ather Brisbane , November 16 _# _« , 1861 .
, As the weight of my letter is limited , and I have much to say , I will the commence Wansfell my in narrative a state of without indescribable circumlocution confusion . althoug On emb h arking professedl , we found read
which to sail . should The c have arpenters been were read busy for constructing our useand , the the fittings floor - between was hidden y decks in y y
liad which shavings state not of was , been horror dirt pouring , and stowed and bits perp in , of lexity and wood and its at and owners barrels the tools prospect , , some intimatel , of before whom y mixed them were . with The in the an provisions luggage amusing , awaywere standing about or being rolled
li operations in ghts various not having in directions dim been twili ; g and put ht , for in the . two the difficulty decks or three , which of days settling . obli Each ged was us cabin increased to perform was ab by our th . 6 e
start feet ing by , 7 it wa size s fo u and nd that each all contained the berths were six berths not fille in d our so department some were removed After ,
* It is only 12 s .
112 Stray Lettebs Cxn" Emigkationv
112 STRAY _LETTEBS CXN" EMIGKATIONV
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1862, page 112, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041862/page/40/
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