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re administer to their bouts[?] & console them under
difficulties? Will England make me happy & relieve
my anxiety about the South Sea Islanders? These
considerations make me again resolve to meet all dif-
ficulties & contend with them till the last.
I have always answered [?] in time tho' the contest[or context?]
has sometimes been long & since He[?] that both
helped me, can & will help at all times if
we only depend upon His [indecipherable] & goodness
Doubtless you will know something [indecipherable - of?] our
late struggles, tho' all this turmoil out side for
the cause of religion. I am happy to say [indecipherable - Mr?]
& all my family continue well. My daughters
are much obliged by your kindness to them &
if you will lay out the £5 for them in Bonnets[?]
(I mean straw ones) which you have instructed
me to lay out for you for the New Zealanders
I will equate your [indecipherable] here. I have sent
you by Miss [indecipherable] a small New Zealand present
which will show you what real [indecipherable] they are