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THE LAST 1STBWS OF THE EMIGRANTS. 185
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14 A th letter intimates from that tlie Bishop he was of to Columbia leave for , d Eng ated land Victoria in the , J first anuary or
, second week of February :- — The " The Robert female Lowe emi has gration just from discharged England its has living ( lie continues Miss ) answered Hye has well sent .
cargo . lowest are us Such thirty respectabl is wages our -eig need ht . y married young One . Of g those irl women ; , as a many factory who . All cam more worker e find out about p in laces from the to enter at T Manchester ynemoutli once the — same 4 _^ : 01 seven , . has life a year . or got " ei 8 g the _& ht L
British Columbia , Yale , Nov . 6 , 1862 . Dear You will Aunt won , der I have not written before , but I thought I would wait
wishe until came September I d down had to establish 17 something from th . I _ISTew at stayed Yale definite Westminster there It to is communicate about about and a 600 fortni engaged miles . g We ht , me when arrived the for Frazer the a at Archdeacon school Victoria river they . on I
have been here rather more . than a month . I have ten up pupils , they pay much more than in England . The houses here are built of wood erican , and and I am burn sure
you wood woul . I d am thi quite nk them surrounded very miserable by Chinese ; the stoves and Indians are Am . I was , a little we timid of them at firstbut they are very harmless , and I do not fear them now .
I with was blisters quite ill from when , the I crossed sudden the changes line the in second the weather time , I had . We my rounded face covered the will not recount
the Horn miseries in in four whom of days that , and voyage take altogether ; interest it is had over come a good now steerage . _passage Onl - y never . I let in a a delicate
steamto shi woman be p . thankful I , am at for present you . I have boarding an had the in the good , clergym fortune an all to ' s the see fa passenger mil and y at , to and folks be have introduced There much
to are the very to Governor few succeed white , the women There Bishop here , not , the so tjiey above Judge are , twenty and treated children with gre politeness in this p . lace by . all If .
the I I go hope tinned on as I box have and begun . am I qu shall are ite deli be g g lad hted . to I have see that at last they seen are the made contents up . Do of
you lace know than , there this , is but not I accepted a single dressmaker the first situ in ation the p offered lace . Victoria me . They is a prettier do not
want p women governesses who are , willing here and ; what able is to chop wanted wood is and strong milk , active cows , , and hard do -working all kinds
eng and of roug ineers will , h not work who accommodate ; have this been is the making above simple sixty a truth road persons . from Our here ; little it is to church chiefl Cariboo y is att built . ended The of miners by wood the ,
cannot work , in the winteras there are heavy rains which prevent them from b when digging they at ; they Bri first live hton come chiefl down What y in , tents ; do you . would They think are be of quite most iving uncivilized frightened 105 . for -looking to every be accosted beings meal ?
That y one is the price g they . have to pay you , and then they g have little or no vegetables . We have 7 th some turni think ps gr have owin told g _jn the garden everything . that wish to know . I
hope Nov wish you . will to . — communicate sen I d me I all . the I Eng suffered you lish news much , and in anything mind you when about I first M left you my may
native landbut now I feel resigned to whatever it may please God to direct . I onl , must y hope not I shall close this be able letter to without return you telling the money I have by the received time
great specified kindness . I here . With love to Aunt E Your , affectionate and yourself you niece , believe , me ,
Mary E .
The Last 1stbws Of The Emigrants. 185
THE LAST _1 _STBWS OF THE _EMIGRANTS . 185
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1863, page 185, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051863/page/41/
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