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to where a Bachelor lies.
There I see bananas growing
and nearly ripe tomatoes & ripe
water melons. Every thing is
so different hear from the
north. The wind is blowing
quite hard to day wich
makes the river [?] up its
waves quite lively. I can
see a boate from hear
along the shore anchored. It
has ben thear all day. The
river is to rough for them
to sail. I wish you had
some of the pine apples.
We have more than we
can use. Thear are late one
that have bore fruite all
winter. It is so[?] cool the
thermometer is down to 62. I
dont see any [mud?] hear, as
I do in Oberlin clay mud.
I doesnt geet mudy hear to sandy.

I wonder how you all
spent Christmas. I hope it
was pleasant. We had green turtle
for dinner a very fashionable
dish you know. I have
eaten bear [or?] venison [?]
wild duch since I am hear
but I like venison and
duck the best. The boate
the boys made is done and
gone to Lake North. It was
well. It was finish with
mahogany and curly pine.
They seem to enjoy it very
much having me with them.
They think its so nice to have
me get them dinners and
suppers for them, breakfast
they always get, till I am
up, I think men wer never
ment to keep house done. They
need a house keeper to keep
things in order and to