Dalmuir Hill January 22nd 1851 My dear Mr McLean I wrote a letter last week to send with Mr Park but as he was not to go for some days Papa sent it by a vessel going to Ahuriri. I am glad Mr Park is going to be with you for I am sure you must feel lonely sometimes when you have no one but natives to speak to. I am looking anxiously for a vessel from the East Coast as I expect to have a long letter by the first that arrives. When I come out of my room in the morning the first thing I do is to go and look at the flagstaff to see if there