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380 ON ASSISTED EMIGRATION.
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—Asss - ^ - Currency Creek, Adelaide, So...
is it likely I shall see more , for John declares lie will never -take Hie in the dray , and I am too great a coward to go on horseback . last
summer The -winter was mos is b t y far bearable the pleasan bu t t wi t season th the here evil , w the e heat t the this ood for the beautiful cool fruits are so refreshing , particularl y the melons g , ,
have wei both ght sweet three of grapes vines and , water . and I made . I We am two sure had gallon they a great s bore of wine quantit six , or but y seven of as grapes I It hundred did ; not we
know how it would turn out , I was afraid to make more . proved excel ou Shou l en t l t , v y so er ou I come shall b , rush know I wish here how you for to would th manage ree shillin bring next a comb year and . and ence brush al , for p ;
ygy poor g couple of woollen-bound caps , people here never wear cotton ones , the a and sauce handles after pan you and and have they tw b een will hair ill not - brooms you tak feel e , much t hey illy room about ver . y the I dear kn head ow ; . the take Bring miss off
, of all these convenient things , and my husband will not afford me a hair to make -broom yeast , but to I bake have bread one made on the of ¦ grass . . _* I think I think I told I have you how told
you all that is necessary . Should you voyage come , God in His mercy grant you a safe voyage , and prosperity and contentment when you arrive .
_•& _# * # Currency Creek , Adelaide , South Australia ,
November ; 1851 . Dear Sir ,
I ani sorry to hear that of the many hundreds you have assisted out , not one has taken the trouble to write to you . Perhaps
nine out of ten of those , sir , could not write at all , and the tenth but indifferently , which should have some weight in their favor with you
before condemning them as unmindful of your kindness . So pray , sirgo on with your good workpromoting * emigration ; it isI can
, , , assure you , a good cause , which hundreds can testify here as well as us . I have not heard what became of the surgeon of the I ;
they came in at a very dull time , and no doubt , like most newcomersthis last winter had much to encounter ; but most that have
come h , have or ought to have linn minds and a determination to overcome the difficulties whichwith very few exceptions , every one
has to encounter at first , _esj > ee , ially the higher classes . Our doctor hereMr . L— did very badly at first : Mrs . D met him . in
Adel , aide eleven month , s after our arrival , and he said he was doing so bad that he should only try it six months longer , and if he did not
succeed he should go back to England ; he said he was veiy unwilling to do so , because there were such chances for alf his family to do
water * One shake _tablesx it _^ well _oonful in of a bottl flour e , one cork dit it to ti of ht su and _^ ai _^ in to a L few hours a pint it will warm be ; g
in a fermentation , fit for use . , ,
380 On Assisted Emigration.
380 ON ASSISTED _EMIGRATION .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1860, page 330, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071860/page/42/
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