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left – she has had a long
time of anxious nursing
and very trying for her after
her long illness –

I expect that your next
letter will tell me of Arthurs
return – there was but a
short sentence in a paper
now a month ago saying
the Expedition had returned
safe to Sydney but the
vague impression was – that
the natives had shown
an unfriendly spirit –
and really after the fate
of poor Commodore Good
enough – they as foe or per-
haps – as false friends –
are well to keep at arms
length – I am still as you
see in Ayrshire – and
we are all over Great