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It is very late and I am very lazy tired (amendment of the Doctor’s) so excuse brevity. Have paid debts and ordered £5 to be sent you in a few days, after the ship sails. Mrs H & the Doctor have come down to see me off, like bucks they are, and Mrs Dawe like another buck has put up the lot of us. My hat left very little change out of a pound, but thank heaven I hadn’t to get brass buttons—they are very expensive. Then I had to pay 6/ for cartridges for a splendid little revolving rifle the Doctor has given me. The Captain’s name is Duncan Henderson Wallace so there is not much question about his nationality. The officers seem decent fellows and the ship looks a bit of a tub and very dirty but a good sea-going craft—which is sadly needed in these troublesome times. Goodbye, old lady, take care of yourself—you will hear from me sooner than you think. Publishers owe you something like this

Bluemansdyke	5. 5.
Actors duel	4. 4 (or 5. 5)
Crabbes Practise	3. 3
Little Square Box	3. 3
Photograph Journal	3. 3

This is an approximation but it is under rather than over the mark. So glad you wrote to Elmore.

Goodbye Sweetheart Goodbye. I am not going to catch anything, but will bring my liver back as I took it out.