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S.S. Nubia Jany 7, 1874
My dear old friend
Our letters of farewell must have crossed. I am just as well pleased however that I had not received yours when I wrote mine for I was sorry enough when I dispatched it & needed no increase of the feeling which accompanies parting words even in writing between two
The Honble Sir William Macarthur M.L.C.
[Cross-hatched writing]
change. We expect to be in "The Sound" tomorrow by daylight.
With kindest love to all the dear ones around you. I am [indecipherable] my very dear friend
Affy yrs
Geo: Macleay
I will write to dear Elizabeth from Galle.
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