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Samples of the pages inside the book which belonged to Gertrude Bird, Harry Bird's wife, it was kept at the Childs' house Ideen in Torquay, Gertrude's last home ( last in the possession of the late Spencer Childs )

There appear to be four different signatures for Joseph, two Bloxholm and two Sleaford and one for George ( yet to be researched ) A date which may be July1842.
Joseph of Bloxholm was born in 1776. Joseph of Sleaford born 1824.
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(Images and text translation donated by the late Spencer Childs)

"Praise the Lord oh yea people that he cometh
at a time when you getteth a man to walk at the
rate of a mile in ten minutes to walk 100 miles
xxx take him 16 hours and 10 minutes without
any hinderances and to walk 6000 at the same
rate it would take a man 6 weeks "