unable in the office to see to read, and have in consequence often to sit doing nothing at all for a spell sometimes for more than half an hour.
Aine.
I have not the slightest doubt that these symptoms are produced exclusively by the extreme damp & oppressiveness that characterize the Hongkong climate, and that they would disappear if I were in a place where the damp is less excessive; for mere heat, of which I have experienced a good deal during my service, has not here affected me similarly. It is the combination of extreme damp with heat that has produced the result.
I am & Janically sound (barring a slight weakening of heart) which, considering the condition in which I have been since I came here, speaks well for my constitution.
And I am most anxious to remain in harness. And am confident that I could continue to do work for a considerable time to come if I were in a climate that affected me less disastrously.
Private Hongkong
My Lord,
August 17.95.
I am so fully conscious of the value of your time that I will not waste it by apologizing for writing to you. My object is to bespeak your Lordship's kind and early attention to my memorial, which Lieut. W. Robinson will
unable in the office to see to read, and have in com quence often to sit doing nothing at all for a spell sometimes for more than half.
hourala Aine.
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And I am most ausions to remain in harnes And am confident that I could continue to do work for a Considerable time to come of Jarre in a Climate that affected me less disastrously.
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Private Hongkong
My Lord.
Angert 17.95.
I am so fully conscion of the value of your time that I will not waste it by apolo fier for winlending on it. My object is to bessent Ger Lordshipis kind and Early attention to my memorial, which Lie W Robinson in
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