176 LETTERS TO MARCO xxvi 



" Blue Berkshire." There is always a profit 

 on pigs, it seems to me, when there is much 

 refuse food for them from the house. 



I have also bought a pony for Peter to 

 learn to ride on ; he gets on better than I 

 expected with his riding, and, as the pony is 

 a very quiet one, seldom falls off. Influenza 

 is very rampant down here ; we have had it 

 more or less, but are all well at present 

 again. I am struggling with, what for me 

 is, quite a large picture ; but the cold 

 weather is trying, as I cannot keep my 

 fingers warm enough for work for any 



length of time. 



G. D. L. 



