There is plenty of amusement in the country for a sportsman. Tell Christopher he would admire the parrots and cockatoos very much. The inhabitants dress very gaily the ladies in nice chilla capes. It is so common for a man and woman to live together without being married that before you venture to conclude they are so, you must hear from good authority. A female servant is an uncommon thing.
Men do the chief of the work indoors, as well as out.
A steady woman would get very good wages. I hope the next time I write to have something to say which will induce some of our friends to think of emigrating - business is done by barter, there is not much money in circulation. A vessel is to sail about once a quarter of a year, and I trust by that or some English ship, I shall receive a letter from Stretton. Nothing will give us so much pleasure as the letters from our friends, now that we are sixteen thousand miles from them. The Natives in Tasmania natives are not numerous.