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from where he has just returned after having had a skirmish with some of the Natives in that Quarter, he is now meditating a visit to Norfolk Island from whence Mr Bauer is not yet returned.
Cayley [Caley] is just returned from a long planned journey into the Interior as he will write you fully on the subject I shall only enclose his letter to me on his return. I am not without my hopes that he will visit New Castle in January which is certainly the best time, however I can only recommend for he will do as he pleases. In doing which he has not nor shall want any assistance from me while I stay, I have mentioned the circumstance of my Expecting to [indecipherable] to Mr Brown but as my letter to that Effect was Secret, I have not said any thing to Cayley [Caley], perhaps your next letters may give him some observations as to his future proceedings but should they not & he is inclined to remain I shall fix him in the most comfortable manner by giving him a lease for the premises he lives in while he stays, & such other arrangements as I conclude you will approve of.
Mr Brown has some time ago had the Porpoises garden fitted up, it is full of valuable plants which he would be required to get home, no endeavours of since still