To: Jemima C Lloyd (16 August 1861)

To: Jemima C Lloyd (16 August 1861)

Correspondence

A letter from Wilhelm Bleek to Jemima Lloyd sent from Government House, Cape Town, and dated 15 August 1861. He sends her news regarding himself (especially his health and the after-effects of a certain medicinal drink) and his family, his possible travel plans, including visiting Natal, and his work on "A Comparative Grammar of South African Languages", if permitted to do so by his chief.

16 August 1861

August 1861, A Comparative Grammar of South African Languages, advisor with broad views, after-effects, Auguste Bleek, Bishop Colenso, Bishop of Natal, book discussion, brotherly advice, brotherly love, Cape news and gossip, Chief, courtship, cultural differences, engagement, England, family news from letters, future plans, ill health, ideas and views, Jemima Lloyd, Jemima Lloyd's face, letter, like-minded companions, lodgings, loneliness, medicine, Mrs Roesch's boarding house, Natal plans, New Zealand, permission, personal history, philosophical beliefs, plans Natal visit, religion, religious views, Sir George Grey, short letter, sister, stupefication, sugar of lead, travel plans, Wilhelm Bleek, work

1. Sugar of lead has been historically used as a sweetener but not typically as a medicine, despite it sounding as though Wilhelm used it as such.