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my curiosity would probably have been gratified, I did not presume to take the liberty of asking to have a peep at the rough manuscript in his possession.

We have no news here worth detailing. The Returns these Years have unfortunately sunk to such a degree, that one has no pleasure in mentioning them. I hope, however, that they have now reached their full ebb. All your friends in this Quarter are hearty. M^r J. Stuart after crossing over to the Columbia is again returned to his Old quarters the New Caledonia. You will have been grieved to hear of M^r Wintzel and people's starvation last Year. They were reduced to short allowance almost all winter. By late accounts I am happy to learn that his situation in every respect is infinitely more agreeable

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