UNCLE IN ENGLAND. 17 



Fernhursty August 4. 

 MY DEAR MAMMA, 



As I wrote to you on the day after we 

 landed, and told you of the safe arrival of your 

 child in her native country, and of all that I had 

 seen at Falmouth, I will say no more on that 

 subject. 



My uncle was so good as to come for me, and 



Mrs. P , who had been unceasingly kind and 



tender to me throughout the whole voyage, gave 

 me into his care. I felt much regret at parting 

 from her, and as I was going amongst relations 

 whom I had never seen, I was the more sorry to 

 lose this good friend ; but my uncle made Mrs. 

 P promise to visit him at some future time. 



We set out very early in the morning from 

 Falmouth, slept one night on the road, and 

 arrived here yesterday evening to tea. My aunt 

 and cousins received me in the most affectionate 

 manner. 



I cannot tell you how odd many things in this 

 country seem. In coming here we passed along 

 great wide roads, which are indeed very different 

 from those in Brazil ; they are so smooth that 

 the carriage rolled on without impediment, and 

 I was not half as much tired by the journey here 

 as I have been going only from Rio to the 

 Prince's farm. The whole appearance of the 

 country the trees, the fields, the roads, the 



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