to Te Aute so that if it is going to be legal you ought to try and secure the planes if possible so that we could get time to padock the purchased land and get it in grass. I will not say any more at preasant. Soon hoping to hear of your coming down then you will see for yourself how things have been doing their. Catherine will be writing you soon. They both join me in love to you and little Douglas. Ever your affectionate brother Archibald John McLean