up and the chances are I will send for her. She is such a sincerely attached old creature. Your letter has been rather short for such an expert writer as you are. Probably Mamma would find fault with you if you were to be always writing to me. She does not appear to approve of too much letter writing although she has no doubt amused Papa with some of her original ideas on paper before they were married. I wonder if she gratified the old Irish Dragoon with a letter, or if he could read it if she received one. I send you a specimen of Taranaki poetry for your amuse