| Description | Refers to delay in replying to letter; a painful lump in her right breast [cancer?]; leaving England and her friends; her dislike of the place; her hopes for her boy; [Ellen]'s son and family; the loss of Mr Smith's father; the current 'dreadful state of affairs' there; the new Governor [Sir George Gipps] trying 'to impose an additional Tax upon the Squatters, these are Graziers who reside or have stations beyond the boundaries of the Colony...'; Mrs Williams; her acquaintances in Sydney and mutual acquaintances at home; her house; her wishes to have her friends near her; the differences in time and seasons to England; the heat and mosquitoes; the 'Brickfielder' wind; and sending the mail. |