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A few days after I got a bill to the following 

 effect : 



To i lamb killed. 



To 4 ewes hashed. 



To 250 ewes disturbed, at is. 6d. each. 



Waldegrave was very nice and kind about it. 

 I wrote to him saying I could not admit the last 

 item, as if I did I should have to pay eighteen-pence 

 for every ewe in Fife, and I just let them wait a 

 little. I got a letter from him saying, " My factor 

 wishes to have this account settled ; come over to 

 lunch some day ". I went over, had a capital lunch, 

 and he walked down with me to the factor's house. 

 He then left me and said, " Go in and settle it in 

 any way you like". I paid for the lamb and the 

 "hashed ewes" about seven pounds. 



At the commencement of 1883 my wife was very 

 ill, and died at Charleton on the I2th of February. 

 In spring I went abroad with my two eldest 

 daughters. We went to Pau, where I heard of 

 the death of my dear old friend, Jack Russell. We 

 went on to Madrid, Seville, Gibralter, Tangiers, 

 Tetuan, Malaga and the Alhambra. 



We returned home in July. 



