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through blotting paper which may
be folded up & sent me dry -

The suloins[?] stationed here have
been removed & the call now is
that we are exposed to the erruptions
(when they please to make them) of
our Loving Cousins the minisatians[?]
I do not know what the devil
would tempt them to come here
beyond perhaps a few of the worst of[?]
of them - Mr Ross must be
doing wonders in the Collecting line
besides writing in the Canadian periodicals

Hoping to hear from you in spring
Believe me Yours faithfully
W Mactavish

Mr Robert Kennicott
McKenzie River