I have sent a case of Norfolk pine by your brother, which I have to beg Mrs. Nepean’s acceptance of for a piece of fur- page 169 niture. I hope you received the two cases of pine and yellowwood which I sent by Manning in the Pitt.

Jamieson, the superintendant,^* tells me that Mr. King and Davison gave him reason to hope for five shillings a day. He certainly is deserving, and has a wife and family.