means as friendly as he used to be. I suppose however that he like many others prefers a rising to a setting sun. We are very quiet here. The country is charming and the climate delightful so we are sailing in very smooth water after the buffeting we got in N.Z. Politically, advantage has been taken of your absence to bring forward Bovsfield for the country districts, and he and Tiffen I hear have been canvassing and got the promise of many votes. I saw Captn.Carter this morning and he despairs of his return. The fault is greatly his own, as he evinces no anxiety about the matter. Even yet if he would rouse himself up he might carry the day. I told him this today and old Anderson too who was with him. There is a great amount of talk and little use in the latter. From a letter, 9.9.63 by John Kinross.