Description | She has received the letter from her aunt with great pleasure on her birthday. She describes their voyage which took four months and eleven days. They passed the time dancing, listening to lectures, and playing games of draughts and chess. They landed at the Cape and spent a fortnight there. During the voyage a man fell overboard, but was rescued, and on one occasion men went out in a boat to catch albatrosses, without success. They arrived at Hobart on 6th January; she describes Government House with its view of the harbour. |
Sender Location | Government House [Hobart Town, Tasmania] |
Recipient Location | Ingold Mills [Ingoldmells] near Spilsby, Lincolnshire |