and they are lambing at present. Alexander would have told you that he sold the other station for £500. He is going to purchase about 140 acres of land round the house and along the river to secure the place in a fortnight or so when he gets his share of the money. I do believe he will do everything that is honourable for he tells me it is not our own cridit we have to maintain but yours in this country. We could make many shifts as he says but that would never do if it would incur any discredit on us or you. A is very sensible in his conversation. He says that he will have to go to Melbourne after shearing if possible to settle his affairs their. Their is not the least doubt but Alexander is honourable and I find that John is deeply in his debt and as he says himself he knows that his money went to keep his wife's family for many a day besides when he bought the vessel for John he gave him strick instructions to send his sisters money from the Isle of France which he says John never did. He has shown me papers to prove that he advanced and payed for that brig £1800 which money owing he says to the mismanagement of John and the Capt he had. He never recovered