Auckland Janr. 3/72 My dear McLean The Albion returns South today and I must get a few lines ready for you although I fear I shall not get time to write much. I arrived here at daylight on New Years Day after a splendid passage in that fine steamer the Albion. She steamed from ten to eleven knots the whole way and was so steady you scarcely could realized you were on board ship. The difference between the comfort of travelling in such