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his extreme regard for my family & I may say care of myself he does far more & takes an interest in more than need necessarily come under his notice. he represents me at parochial meetings when duty elsewhere or pleasure prevents my attendance. I am now making an embankment, he draws up the estimates contracts for the work being well done. I had his assistance also in devising a scheme for carrying water into Coldstream & he saw it well carried out & that I was not robbed by over charges. he built a Keepers Lodge for me. he engages farm servants during my absence he has full power to discharge any either at home or in the fields. he pays them their wages, & sees that the hard 

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