Ahuriri, Hawkes Bay January 21st 1851 My dear Susan I have duly received your three letters dated 4th and 30th Decr and one January 4th 1851 to commence the New Year with which will I trust prove a happy one for both of us. Your dilligence in reading pleases me very much, but your letters are generally so hurried altho' not too short that I cannot discern by them what your views are of the book you read, one of the characters you find depicted in them. Robertson's 'Charles the Fifth' will please you very much. He is such a beautiful impressive writer. It is not possible for me to give you an exact idea of the date on