while I think of it will you pay Mrs Calder for some whiskey I asked her to give the Highlanders on our wedding day. It cannot be much but I like these small things to be settled. Excepting the firewood I know of nothing else that you should pay for me at present and that I have some thoughts of deducting from your £1.2.6 only that I like the idea of being that much in your ladyship's debt. I am determined now to push on as quick as I can to Hawkes Bay as that will be my first chance of hearing from you and I am extremely anxious to hear how both you and Mama are. Do not forget to write me all particulars. You cannot conceive how frequently I think of both of you. Give my kind love to Mama and endeavour by every means in your power to cheer her up by getting her to the cottage and when there pussy do not spare any pains or expense to make her comfortable by anticipating her little wants, providing everything for her that she may possibly fancy, by doing all this I will be much pleased with you and shall give you an extra kiss when we meet. If you are dutiful and kind to your mother I am sure you will always prove equally so to your husband of whose fond attachment you have the most convincing proofs. Since I last wrote you I discovered the old Dane of our party to be a great scoundrel having stolen a cap from