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I have already seen a good deal of tropical vegetation. There is no winter here, There are but two seasons 'warm summer, warmer
summer: Flowers go round the whole year without a gap Birds butterflies flit about in the balmy sunshine untill they die of
joy. Peas beans are in bloom fruit in the garden, wild flowers are quite abundant. The climate is delightful, the winter months
average in temp' about 70 It seems strange to walk the green fields in January under the balmy summer sky Goodbye Dan I hope
to outweather all this sickness be home in a few months, I remain most affectionately Your bro' John