“I have yours with the news of the inundation, which, it seems, has done no damage. I hope Mai will be taken care of. He should have a bed in the kitchen, and always be called in doors after it is dark, for all the kind are savage at night. Please cause Swanston to knock him up a box, and fill it with straw from time to time. I enclose a cheque for L.50 to pay accounts, &c. Do not let the poor bodies want for a L.5, or even a L.10, more or less.
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‘We’ll get a blessing wi’ the lave,
And never miss’t.’*
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