and Mama and I and the gentlemen walked about the bush till dinner was ready. After we had dinner we set off again and we got home by six o'clock. It is a great pity we were teased by the mosquitoes. Had it not been for them we would have enjoyed our excursion very much. It was too late in the season to go but if we had gone at the time it was first talked of I do not know if it would have been much better as even then there were mosquitoes. Mrs Eyre was here on Friday and she told us that when she was up the coast there were a great many but they did not annoy her much as she had mosquito curtains. I was very much disappointed that I did not hear from you by a vessel which came a few days