true but thanks be to God he brought home the cheering news of your being quite well. No one can conceive the state of my feellings for three days. I was blaming myself in the most regret manner for not having seen you when here last but God in his mercy has still spaired you and I hope and trust that you will be careful in future going among those people for there is no knowing among those people what the savage mind may do when in a state of excitement. Everything works well here this season, plenty of grass and the English grass in the padocks is doing remarkable well and will produce a large quantity of seed if the weather will be favourable the time of cutting it. The entire is now in splendid condition in the stable. I mean the Auckland horse. Samson your own breeding is also a fine horse and works in the plow or cart first rate. He is in a padock at the bush a natural padock runing with a few mears. His stock from last year's covering are much thought of here. There is also a St Patrick colt entire out of the old Hobartown mear that is greatly thought of. Alex has gaving him a few mears also. There is one great comfort that the run is all freehold and in the course of a few years with perserverance in improvements it will be a valuable property.