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up.  She broke through the boom and gaff of our mainsail.  This accident laid us up for two days.

We got off again on this mornings tide and after having one sail blow loose and a small boat go adrift we got down to Bricksborough where we now are.

We hope our mishaps will be all in the beginning.

All well so far - and I am in hopes you will be settled on some comfortable plan of passing the summer by this time.

I am writing by a lantern and can not see very well.

We have not been