Left Riccarton at half past five and got home at nine to breakfast. Found that Hamilton had finished plastering the front of the house and that the cook-house was finished, the hens laying eggs, and all going on comfortably. During the rain the sod wall had slipped, but props had been applied which were holding it well. During the day I chose my page break page 113No. 43 section in Christchurch. Wrote a letter to Sophia to go by the Cressy, hearing that she was bound for Ceylon; but though a mail was announced to be made up to-morrow morning, I was too tired to sit down to write home.