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[MS 433]
what you are doing or else
you may get into a scrape with
him for addressing his [underlined] parishioners.
Perhaps the better way would be
to enclose it to Mr Wood in an
open envelope addressed to the
person^if incorrect might be Mr Gill^who was the chief person
concerned in getting the address to
yourself signed by the parishioners.
This would at once prevent all
possibility of mistake. and it
it is necessary in these days,
when people are so ticklish
about their privilages & prerogation,
to (crossed out word) avoid all possibilities of their
taking offence. In this case the

first sentence of your letter
would have to be somewhat altered.
I am not surprised to hear that
you got a good soaking after
we left you. I had lots [underlined] of black
looks from Miss Dixon for returning
so soon. But yet we were only just
in time to escape the rain which
fell [upon us?] almost immediately
after we got home.
I did not return to Sydney that
day as the accounts of the [custodians?]
were favourable - that is there was
no [underlined] mention made of him in Ch. [Charles] Cowper's
letter. I rode down the next afternoon
to Parramatta with Billy [Gur?] Esqre [Esquire]
We got down dry [underlined] - although
Master Billy was so frightened at
a thunder storm which seemed to be
chasing us there [indecipherable] not 4 hours
on the road.