Ah, my Betsy, but I dare not, must not, think [that].

Therefore, farewell, farewell.

May the great God of Heaven preserve thee and those thou lovest, oh, everlastingly.

Adieu, dear darling girl; love as ever, though absent and far removed from your poor ANNETTE." We are afforded a confidential insight into Mrs.Flinders' opinion of her husband in a letter from her to another girl friend.

It was written after the marriage, and when Matthew was again at sea, prosecuting that voyage from which he was not to return for over nine years.