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  of the occupations of young people. Very few of them are at their ease with their parents; and, in short, it is a melancholy sight to see a new young arrival.

Our Captain has a sister just landed; a nice-looking, merry little girl, with a fresh colour, which will be all gone in six weeks; and very high spirits, which will soon follow the colour; and she had never seen her parents since she was two years old.

God bless you, dearest sister. I like Mrs. Don’t you? Yours most affectionately, E. E.

Monday, December 12. I could not write all last week—we have been very busy—the latter part of it with a ball given to the cantonments, as we heard the military thought we did not study their amusement sufficiently. All the front of the house and the road to the bridge and the bridge itself were illuminated in a very pretty fashion by Hudson and our own gardener, and the inside of the house was done on my plan, with