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and the shares in the mines, I have not yet gone into. I shall 

 be short in this letter, because I know but little as yet, and that 

 little I expect Mr. Page will inform you. A full account you 

 shall have by the next ship, which I expect will sail in three 

 weeks. This letter goes by a Spanish ship that will sail this 

 afternoon for Cadiz. My respects, and good wishes to your 

 family and to Mr. Day, and hope this will find you all as hearty 

 as we are. 



" Mr. Page would not depart this life under the line, as he 

 promised when at Penzance ; but, on the contrary, has a nose as 

 red as a cherry, and his face very little short of it. His health 

 and spirits far exceed what they were in England. I am glad 

 to have such a companion. With .... think he will have no 

 reason to repent .... He will get a command at Pasco .... 

 such as his ingenuity may find out, when on the spot ; whether 

 as a miner or an engineer I cannot say, but time will show. 



" If you have not insured my life I would thank you to do it 

 now, if you can on reasonable terms. I do not wish them to 

 take the risk of the seas in the policy, because the voyage here 

 is over, and on my return I hope I shall not want it, therefore 

 it must be for two years in the country. I will get a certificate 

 of my health, if they wish it, from the most respectable 

 inhabitants, and also from the Vice-king, if they wish it. The 

 policy may be drawn accordingly. 



" Be so good as to write me often, with all the news you can 

 collect. If you wish your dividends in this company to be 

 applied to further advantage in any new mines I may engage 

 in, in preference to having it sent to England, I will, as the 

 dividends are made, do everything in my power to improve the 

 talent. On this subject I must have your answer before I can 

 make any new arrangement under this head. I will thank you 

 to send a copy of Mr. Page's letter to my wife ; I mean such 

 parts of it as belong to the business ; there may be some things 

 that I have forgotten to mention. 



" I remain, Sir, 



" Your humble servant, 



" KICHD. TEEVITHICK. 



"MR. .JAMI> SMITH, Limekiln Lane, Greenwich." 



