Waiapu 17 Octr. 1865 My dear Sir As Deighton and Biggs both go down I will not write you a long letter. I trust you will be pleased at our doings. All my plans have been so thoroughly successful, that I feel very proud and happy - Biggs conduct has been gallant and creditable in the extreme, and he deserves any promotion the Gov. can give him. I feel sorry when there is so much to congratulate oneself about to have to find fault, but I think it right to tell you in this private way, that we have all been treated