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carried off hook sinkers and all. They have no regular services on the Island, so [Holdes?] preached both Sunday evenings that we were there. I had a hard cold all the time I was there, and was sick abed twice, with chills and fever. We came back sooner than we expected on this account. I don't know what I should have done if I had not had that dose of medicine you [illegible] up for me, for there was no doctor within reach. These little pellets soon relieved me however, and I think my faith was strengthened a good deal, as well as my body. I had to laugh at Miss [Galveston?] [illegible] (in my sleeve), for she took two of those smallest pellets of Arsenicum, just to see how it tasted, and she said it made her feel sick all night.