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laughter that has been made, they are
become very numerous. Fine beef is now
sold to government for victualling the troops
at 9d per pound & will in a short time be
much less. It is the finest country in the
world for cattle, my stock has done well in
my absence, & all my servants have behaved
well, I found them all as I left them excepting
one man, this is much to the credit of men
who are, or have been convicts that such a
number of them should do their duty for 3
years without their master's eye. I am also
happy to inform you that I have the gooseberry
Currant & Vine in a very fine state – I also
took out 2 hives of bees & have got them out
safe, but am afraid that many of them are dead
as I have had no time to attend to them