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when we see you, as the account
is much too long and interesting
to write about. Suffice You will
be glad to hear that I was not
in the slightest degree unwell
the whole way. Poor Harry
was very ill with dysentry
for 10 days during the trip, at
which time I was very
anxious. We had one encounter
with wild blacks, but there
was no harm done. Sufficient
of the trip until I see you —
your letters forwarded from
Normanton to Port Darwin
we got this afternoon from
Hong Kong! where they were
carried on in mistake. There
is a weekly mail from Port
Darwin to this Station, so we
hope to get more news by the