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Then if your portion be swept away by the unrelenting
Hurricane, there will at least be something by which
the Family may hold, if unable to stand the Panic &
run upon the colony. I am fully aware that this is a
very extreme view but be assured it is far better to
look out in time, and be prepared for the worst than
to leave all to the hazard of contingencies.

My confident expectation is that the extreme Necessities
of the Poor, both in England and in this unhappy Country
will compel the Government to adopt some comprehensive
Scheme of Emigration – but we have so long expected it –
and have so long been disappointed, that to depend on
a Measure, which might restore the altered circumstances
of the Colony, is to look for safety from a most uncertain
Quarter.

How long I may myself remain in Ireland it is impossible
to determine – I have repeatedly altho' vainly attempted to
return to London – but altho' not upon the spot I am perhaps
enabled from the Position I hold here, to advocate the
interest of the Colony, with more effect than I could do in
London. I remain, my dear Brothers – Very affectionately Yrs.

Edward Macarthur