Ahuriri 22 February 1851 Friend, McLean, Greetings to you. Here I still have affection for you even though you are gone from my sight and you also from mine. Friend, there is so much of importance to tell you that I can't tell it in this letter. But perhaps it will be printed in the newspapers about the committee of the Pakeha [asking?] about Governor Grey returning overseas, because their leadership has been opposed in Port Nicholson; I was also in that committee. But perhaps the people will press the Governor to stay. Friend, greetings to you, to you and your children. Sir, may you