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Humphreys letter purports to
have been written in London, though the writer was either resident in this Colony
his way
or on
to Australia on
on the
date which his communication
bears.
6.
I do not propose to deal with the opprobrious language which M. Humphreys has been pleased to apply to the Govern. ment of this Colony, but it
may
interest you
to know that
he is not only a most overbearing
and
Vary! cude
Experto
and violent tempered
man
but that his share in turning
A
邝
-granite rock into a
magnificent
city consists in his having a- massed a considerable fortune (
by selling drugs and patent~ medicines at very high prices. I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most Obedient
Humble Servant,
William Robing 57.
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