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Huntsville is about as pretty a place as it was when we were here last summer, but it is my opinion that we are going to make a longer visit than we made when here last. We are going to build stables for our horses, and in fact are preparing complete winter quarters. I meet Sam Sam [Caskey?] frequently, he is well. My bed-fellow J.D. [Beach?] is again in the hospital down town but is not dangerously ill. He has been troubled with the chills and fever but is again nearly well. I go down to see him every day. he told me this afternoon that he thought he would come to camp again tomorrow. I received the postage stamps and the gentle hint to write [oftner?] but I was not in need