to hear from us. I got yr letter and also a kind letter from Mr Strang. Tell him that we are very much surprised to know that he did not get the box which we sent him. The dray man says that he gave it to Janisch who promised to see it off by the steamer & it is so provoking that it should have got lost. Poor Mrs Fergusson died the Saturday after you left. It came very sudden in the end. A very solomn warming be you always ready. We are all getting on as usual. Archy busy with