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Boat which I described to you in my Letter of April/May &
never goes on the River in any other Vessel.
I am not at all surprised at my Brother's not writing,
circumstanced as he is he would hardly have found time to
write had he been well, but as there were several Englishmen
with him on board I rather wonder that none
of them have scrawled a Line to their Friends here, my great
dependence was on Beatie who went on board the last
mentioned Serpentine.
The name of the New Estate the Prince has bought near
Kremenchuck is Smeticin China the Town included in
Smotian: It is on the the Polish Side of the Duieper
about 60 Versts, if I understand aright, lower down
than Kremenchuck
The Prince is much pleased with some Potatoes of
English Race that my Brother took with him from this
Place; and talks of having the whole Potato-Produce
of his Farm (which may amount perhaps to about
a dozen ) sent from hence as soon as they can be
taken up to plant Kremenchuck with, upon a large
Scale.
I have scarce left myself room to thank you for your Letter
which arrived here on Fryday Sennight. Since then there has
been one Post gone out from hence, by which I could have written
to acknowledge the Receipt of it: but I had but little Stomach
to write then at a time when the very little Intelligence
I could give you of my Brother was worse than none.
An Officer had passed through this Place a few days before who had
seen him on board the Barge I don't know where but brought no
other news than that of his Health, of which he gave a very unfavourable
account.
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