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[Page 389] Mrs Caldwell (Eldest) had seen Typhoid fever and what with sickness &c &c &c. I think this year he is trying how he likes to visit his daughters – he was a good while in Worcestershire but of course Ch. is sorry not to get that delightful shooting & Vigant has also always been included in McA. hospitality I think C. will get a good deal of lowland shooting in W.shire What a fascination shooting is to most English men! – I shd like to answer Sybils interesting letter but by the time this reaches you – other topics will be on the tongues – I take, however, the liveliest interest in all she tells me, Even to the new flower beds (Roses) & [indecipherable] of Palms. – & the s wm [silkworm] culture! I have always believed in silk in NSW but the labour is I suppose the difficulty – however in your system of accounting there must be children ad libitum I amused my self by counting my nephews & nieces Gt [indecipherable] & of course there are some Babies I know nothing of. and [page damaged] direct descendants of my Father & Mother in this list [page damaged] and their children! the list is still quite appalling