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1 Alhambra, August 14th 1878. Dear Friend, We are very thankful for your kind letters, the more so as they prove that
you have not forgotten us, and that you continue safe and well amid all the dangers of that wild country. It is a great relief
to hear that the Indians are not likely to be troublesome much longer, yesterday s paper reports the surrender of a large
number of them. Your vivid description of the 40 mile desert seems to illegible it all directly before me, and I can imagine
just how you felt during your dreary die, for I have not forgotten my own experiences in early days of burning sands and the
shadeless glare of desert sunshine.