satisfaction when you come and see what I have done. I hope when you do come that dear Douglas will come with you as now you could enjoy yourselves for a few days up here. This has been a great year for rain and abundance of grass and a good year for surface sowing. They are doing a good deal that way. Young Archd is worth gold to the place, never a moment idle. He is a most deserving young man and Condie does his best. I cannot say any more till we meet. I remain your affectionate brother Archibald John McLean