could not have gone if it had not been for you. Could not even have come from Birmingham if it had not been for you, but I trust I shall soon be able to repay you. Please to let Thomas put the note so directed into the editor's box of the Journal office. There are some verses of mine in The Charter newspaper of this day (17th), and I expect more will be in the next two or three numbers; the price is sixpence. Please to send me a Journal of next Saturday by post as soon as it is out.
I like all the things very much. I am very anxious now to get off. I think we shall be sure to earn a little money on the voyage some way or other. If I get a situation I will obtain £10 and send with my first letter from Sydney.
Will write a farewell to you last thing, as much as a sheet of paper will hold. Have no more time now.
Yours truly,
H. PARKES
Give my love and Clarinda's to my dear father and mother.
