time go on with my studies with zeal, and in earnest, picking up such knowledge as would be of use to me hereafter, in, perhaps, public affairs, though such is not the bent of my inclination, or wish. Bookkeeping I should also wish to acquire. I am fully cognisant of the good opporportunities which I will have for the next few years, according to the schemes laid down for my future; and that I would have myself to blame did I not profit, or try to profit by them; and I trust that I shall feel always thankful for the same. My disinclination for the Law is on many accounts; but I do not in the least take a dislike to it because I happen to know before-hand that it will entail much work on me. I do not wish to shirk from this in the least, and do not see how I could get on in any sphere of life unless I did work, and trust that I shall henceforth, as soon as arrangements are made, continue to work with perseverance at whatever I may have to do;