obtaining the language,
and have done as well in the
same length of time as anyone
that has come to the island,
and I much dislike to be
under the necessity of sending
him home, as we are so verry
short of Maori linguest, in the
mission. I have borrowed the
amount ^for his return fare^ of Bro Charles Hardy
of Auckland, who has donated
ten pounds (£10) of the same to
the Manti Temple.
So please send to me a receipt for that
amount in his favor, and
the balance on the Union
Bank of Australia at Auck-
land, as I will be in that
naborhood soon after the receipt
to an answer to this, if the Lords
willing. The health of the