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AN UNFULFILLED TASK.

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than abandon my purpose. I hoped to induce you to grant me a boat with which I could still pursue my enemy. But your direction was northward. You took me on board when my vigour was exhausted, and I should have soon sunk under my multiplied hardships into a death which I still dread, for my task is unfulfilled.

MISS MITFORD.

BORN 1789; DIED JANUARY 10, 1855.

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TOM CORDERY.

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