Bates_B2278_F1_069

You have crossed the Pond
oh, I was so - -- Which I
hope you did not have.
We hear of the condition
& do hope your vessel was
a "larger one" [underlined] -- Dick's
funny animal in the
garden had a visit from
us all & I think we talked
of him just then - but, he
says Mother write first
to Edward, so, you see