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LETTERS FROM 
“ Gentlemen, are you in good health ? ” 
which being answered in the affirmative, he 
made a low bow, and took his leave. Could 
we have had notice of his coming, we had 
intended to have been engaged in a game at 
tennis, which we thought would have been 
the best way of replying to his question. 
We have changed our abode several times 
since we left the lazaret. We first went to 
the hotel from which we had been supplied 
with provisions, and then took lodgings for a 
week, engaging our quarantine servant to 
wait on us. Finding, however, that both he 
and our landlady were dishonest, we left our 
lodgings, and are now at another hotel, 
where we are very comfortably entertained; 
but we intend to remove into the country 
shortly. 
I will now give you a short description of 
Valetta. The town, as you will perceive by 
