Many many thanks again Elizabeth - I have replied to the List so that anyone else can also see your remarks - you are surely an expert from my point of view though - thanks again Regards Narelle > about the insertions written in the margin, I believe both the entries > contain the same words. The <> are used to bracket the insertions. > > Line 14 therefore reads in full: > > "J.G.D. and his heirs Subject nev[erthe]less to red[emptio]n > > <or [?] for recon- > [veying the] same to the > s[ai]d Thos H. his heirs & ass[igns] or > [otherw]ise as he or they > [?] & direct> > > on pay[men]t to him" > > and Line 23 (the third last) reads: > > "the s[ai]d Jas. Geo. Doyle & his heirs Subject <nev[erthe]less> to red[emptio]n > > <or [..?..] for reconveying > the same to the s[ai]d Thos > H. his heirs & ass[igns] or > otherwise as he or they > [?] & direct>" > > Perhaps someone else can have a go at the missing word visible at the > beginning of the second insertion in the margin. Looks like - - p - - - - - > or it could be an f. A lot of the smudging went away with manipulation > in a graphics package. > > But I'm afraid that's my lot!! > > Cheers, > > Liz in Melbourne > > ______________________________