9 you. My wife speaks of having got all ready to leave and says she may leave home for here this month but this mail will bring me full tidings about that. In your last letter you said you heard some bad a/c of me. I supose you were poisoned against me by some of my good friends. I did get a five gallon keg of rum for the people in the bush who paid well for it and I do own that when Ferguson was up I did take two much of it in his company but that is the only spirits I have tasted since and likely will be the last ever I may taste during my life. However it was no loss as I got more than it cost from the people that wanted it, besides things are always misrepresented. I am very anxious to make a little money and I do not know what way I can do it without