good business as land Agent; which, when once surrendered, is not easily recovered again. And when I afterwards, in ignorance, wrote to Mr. Fox on the subject, he referred me to yourself, as having all the details of the Native office under your own control; and I never thought but what in one of the Departments, there might be found a situation for me, in which I could give you satisfaction, and justify the expenditure. But when I lately saw that Col. Russell was gazetted as Inspector of Native Schools, I must acknowledge that I felt very much disappointment; since of all others, that is one of the employments in which I think I might have succeeded best; and as it is, I fear that a single