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ABOTHE^ MAIIi FEOM MISS B3TE . 263
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"bays running inland , the shore of which is often icture white the with the whitest si &
sandto which you must add a corresponding pon opposite e you staying , will at have present some with idea Mr of ; Doug the las extreme , the banker glory , of a kind the host scenery ; and . We as I are ain : and the ' to
now seatedthe town lies to my left ( on the mainland ) , peninsula eith the right side . , I am full looking of indentation down the s and watery undul hig ations hway— th the at the hills pan lying orama on *
er so before me is more like Windermere than any thing' else I know ; the oceanlies behind me to _? the right ; and there is a capital beach ,, where we hope to
get has some been rides greatl soon taken , as it is , the at best the b p arra lace cks for a but canter as . nearl Till now all the my time girls
to ( except 40 / . and about the fourteen servants y ) at have up from found 401 . to places 20 Z . — — - , we the shall governesses now think y ; at of from enjoy 601 ing .
but ourselves she , is . difficult I think 1 to have lease a nice she place is at 501 clever for Miss she has W real . at artistic Canterbury power , , ; very ;
and can both sketch p and paint well ; . I would give a great received deal to letter draw
half as welland her colouring is exquisite . I hope you my Iby last mail , informing you Melbourne of our arrival It some such short time after siht the these arrival bi
fellows of 1 , 000 on di the gger jetty s from , and we were heartil . was y sorry to a see strange them there g , ; but no g evil came of itand they have all melted away like snow in summer , ancL
di over some ggings 2 the , 000 , and hills more Dunedin , and arrived far knows yesterday them their nomore from red the blankets , for same a tim place on e at , backs least and are . and And off _Sashing they to the ' re away
panikms , and bright shovels , making , them look like an army of retreatingsister soldiers-. < We to stayed the jetty the to first welcome fortnig us ht to at Otago a Mr . _Career they ' were s , who most with kind Ms
worth of one y cam peop ni e ht le . to While a Mr . we and wer Mrs e . stay Every ing , in good Stafford old ; accomp Street , lished we paid Christian a visit ! g
to peop Mr le Strode ( we are ' going the resident on a longer istrat visit e soon where ) ; we we met also Mrs went . Richmond for one nig the ht
the wife Greer of . the ' 3 we new s , came jud ge _^ here and and reputed mag from cleverest here , we man go to in Mrs the . province James Rattray . From , _^
tion and th directl en on y to I get the to Every Christchurch 's , . Cap has t , ain and sent and Mrs Mrs . Mtzg most . Koe ibbon kind have of welcome Nelson sent an , a to invita friend that
colony expect of a cousin ; you so will keep of Mrs get up . this Marwood your 1 about heart 's A , pril about , if so me me I , I can shall get do no letter well answer no to be till doubt left Jul . till y I ;
called you had for . therefore I have b had etter send letters to _kelson bboth Post posts Office since , getting here , a mighty comfort to me , onl many y I feel hugel y y disappointed when I remember
which their There anti we , quity was of course . a gran got d invitations bachelors' , ball and of the too course first but week did not declined after go . we The this landed races also , are to
are on nowand we got invited ! for * these _; we , as _muieh there ( all hi _Jin gher two public , considerations dail . I was ; surprised on three one good side to ) banks we find thoug this and ht five place it unwise large so full laces to y be developed of worshi seen vtoo p ;
are y papers , , p beside fessedl three doubled or itself four ' within Jewish the synagogues last eighteen . The months town , has and , h is oweve likely , to con be y
and some the day climate a real rival far healthier to Melbourne ( I . _^ The readil gold believe is undoubtedl ) than of Victoria y abundant . Of *
coursewith very few exceptions _^ can the houses y are built wood , a weather * boarding , outside , and linings or fancy wood inside ; which in some has cases the
sellings _pretty is effect the and * usual staircases House price -rent 1 and are is- 30 fearfull stained k is somet y and hi imes h polished ; 18 asked s , a , week for the for same two accom a small very _- -
rooms ,
Abothe^ Maiii Feom Miss B3te . 263
_ABOTHE _^ MAIIi _FEOM MISS B 3 _TE . 263
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1863, page 263, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061863/page/47/
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