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Richlands
Oct 26 57

My dear Sir

I have to apologize to
you for not having written to you
before; Since my return I have
been very busy gathering horses
and endeavouring to break up
one or two wild mobs, and have
partially succeeded, having got me
no less than seven entires of
different ages some branded some
unbranded, Thomas Denning is
here lending us all the assistance
he can, he has a brother (James)
with him who has been gold digging
for the last two or three years, both