several times offering the sheep. I then told him that it was better to buy them and as he commenced the matter to finish it and that those sheep would be a beginning for him and me and that when bought I considered the half of them mine as well as the half of the land, that is £100 share of the land which would be 1/4 of what Nairn had. Of course he said that would be the case both to myself and wife and confided with me as to the bargain and so forth and put me quite of[f] my gard, altho former transaction ought to oppened my eyes I felt certain that he never would be so depraved as cheat me so I left the whole matter in his hand altho Nairn offered me the sheep and I could have bought them through the bank the same way till you should honour the bills but I told Nairn one of us was quite enough to make the bargain but no sooner than he got somewhat sober than I found his tone and manner quite different and when the natives were assembled up here two weeks ago I could find he wanted neigher you nore I to have notheing to do with the land & that I saw that he had Hamlin quite in the school of secrecy and no doubt will have the whole transaction made out in his own name. If you do not come down at once he will play you some trick. You will ever regratt for yesterday he went in to see my poor wife and her suspitions were raised that things were not all right from what he told me the night before. I said Donald is going to meet the bill and of course has written you to that effect. He put on a most featish grin and said he wanted no Donald to meet his bills. Then said that was like all the rest of his movements something