was to see him therefore I hope you will bring him up here or I will send him down to the Maraekakaho station for him to see should he not have time to come here. I do long to see you up here so I hope you will come up the night you arrive at Maraekakaho as you will be more comfortable here and I have a good deal to say to you. I am making butter as much as could be expected for this time of year out of the kind of cowes I have. The calves are in first rate order owing to the wet weather. The yard has got very muddy and I have not got time as yet to pare it. Ormond is here going to try and take the rest of his things away and I hope he may poor man. The weather is very much against him. I long to see Douglas. He was the greatest comfort to me and his Aunt ever we had while he was with us. I see Alex has brought up one of the cast away boys. He would answer