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heat is very powerful?the^house-ids,..small,< and the sun very hot. but for the last week or two we have had a splendid breeze, which
makes it more pleasant in the house. indeed I have not suffered in the least from heat or mosquitoes for several days past. at the Bay it is cool and pleasant, but I dread company. I have been living alone so long I feel it would be a task to entertain, and I fear at the Bay I should be run down. it is crowded all up the coast?not a house nor a room vacant, and as many more could be rented. people are flying from the city, and many from their plantations on the river have come down to the coast. it never was	more as	much crowded. a sickly season	is
anticipated if Sami,	has not	already	started it would be
imprudent for him to travel on the river now. and although I shall be very desolate without him, still I would not have him upon any considera[illeg] risk coming down or pass threw New Orleans so late in the season. I am very uneasy about him, for I have no idea what he	intends	doing.	beg him to write to me
immediately, and beg	our dear Johnny	and Aunt Marion to write,
direct-all to Shieldsboro?Kiss all for me?tell my darling pets to try to remember poor old grandma. I hope I may be permitted to see them and all of you some day?
Your Pa has had two letters respecting the property advertized for sale?which he has replied to, inviting the gentlemen to visit the place and judge for themselves?Col. C-says he would not take less than .30.$?an ..acre for his ? it is thought the ship island railroad terminus will be at the Bay of St Lewis?the commissioners I understand have surveyed the rout and think that is the best harbor. if so it will increase the value of property there as well as all through this portion of