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{illegible: retreats?} enjoy the blessings of a {illegible: great?}
old age.

Here I am after travelling about
12-000 miles of your magnificent Country
I w'd {illegible} {illegible: hundreds?} & {illegible: brothers?} {illegible: offer?}-
from all. I send on you, some of my
{illegible: Testimonials?} -- In N. York, I {illegible: counted? counseled?}
all the {illegible} {illegible: churches} & {illegible: poor?} Col-
-lection for the Irish Society -- I do not
expect {illegible: brethren?} to {illegible} untill
next Feby. I am now absent from
my beloved family & flock 8{underlined} months{underlined}; I
long to return to my many duties, but
I cannot leave these {illegible} and {illegible}
{illegible}; {illegible: Shall?} you see any clergymen
of yr Diocese, pray tell them I do not
forget their kindness, especially my
dear brother Dr.{underlined} Leacock{underlined}, and be
you my dear Bishop, yr. blessing to
me personally & yr. valuable & {illegible: official?} {illegible}
in behalf of my beloved {illegible: country?} {illegible}
be forgotten by yr. {illegible (text is obscured): ob't s't?} & faithful in the Lord

{illegible; text is obscured} Gubbins

To the Right Rev. {illegible; text is obscured}