Coupang Bay — Timor — April 4. I find no opportunity, my
love, of sending this letter in any reasonable time; for it
must wait here, then at Batavia, from thence to the Cape of
Good Hope, perhaps, and Amsterdam, before it will reach Eng-
-land; my next letters, therefore, will probably reach thee
from Port Jackson sooner. Should it be otherwise, write
to my father saying generally how we proceed, for at this
time I am not going to do it; Thomas has two or three lines.
    Good bye, my love, for two months, until we arrive at
Port Jackson. Pray offer my affectionate regards to M^r
Tyler, thy mother, my sister Belle, and to M^rs Mallison
; and rest aƒsured of the sincere love of thy
                  Matt^w Flinders