The agreeable Accounts
of your Safe Arrival at Armadale,
by your Letter to Miss Main, afford-
ed me no Small Pleasure, as I will
ever think my self interested in
every Event of Life, that happens
to Miss Flora MacDonald, whether
prosperous or adverse; a Mixture of
which we must pass through in this
lower State, which is a chequered
Scene at best. You have already
experienced both Sides of Fortune,
&and your Conduct in each of them has
engaged the Attention of the Public,
&and has justly entitled You to the Esteem
of every well-thinking Person. You
have had a recent Instance of that
Blending of Sweet &and Bitter, which
inseparably attends the Transactions
of Human Life. Methinks I feel Somewhat 1593 (1593)
Somewhat of that Mixture of
Joy &and Grief, which would ensue
upon your first Meeting with
your Mother: Joy, to see one a-
nother once more in Health &and
Safety; but Grief, in your mutual
Condolences for the affecting Loss
of two hopeful Youths; if we
dare take upon our selves to
call any Thing a Loss, that
comes from the unerring Ap-
pointment of Heaven. May God
support you both under the trying
Affliction, &and grant all concerned
in it the happy &and proper Effects
of it.

Your Friend &and Fellow- Adventur-
er, Donald Roy MacDonald, was
lately with me, &and asked very kindly
about You. He returned to Glasgow;
&and is in a good Way of getting
into Business again.

There are many worthy persons
in your Corner of the World; for
whom I entertain a great Venerati-on.1594(1594)
on. Pray, be so good as to remem-
ber me kindly to them, when they
happen to come in your Way. I beg
Leave to name some of them. Pre-
sent then my most respectful []
&and best Wishes to Armadale &and your
Mother, Rasay &and his Family, &and Mal-
colm MacLeod, Kingsborrow &and his
Family, MacKinnon &and his Lady,
Balshar &and Milton, &and c, &and c, &and c, &and c, &and c.

I heartily wish You all
Things good &and happy, &and sincere-
ly am,
Madam,