14 AUSTRALIA AND THE AUSTRALIANS. 



"ANNESFIELD HOUSE, 



March 5, 1866. 



"MY DEAR MRS. MITCHELL, I thank you very much 

 for the beautiful cake you sent me. When it arrived 

 on Wednesday afternoon Mrs. Camfield did not know 

 who it was for, until she read Anne Courthope's letter, 

 and then she found that it was for me. 



"Mr. Camfield said that he was jealous that it was 

 not for him. I must thank you for the pretty needle- 

 book that came with Miss Trimmer. She arrived on 

 Saturday, 3rd. 



"Last month a ship came from Adelaide with two 

 thousand eight hundred and fifty sheep in it. They 

 looked so pretty. 



" Three days afterward they went eleven miles. They 

 kicked up such a dust going along. The road runs 

 past our paddock. 



" Mr. Camfield was delighted with the pretty watch 

 bags and the garters; he said they were the very 

 things he wanted. 



"The doll that was sent for Louisa Mrs. Camfield 

 gave it to Tela, because she has not had one, and Louisa 

 has had three or four. Louisa is so fond of Mr. 

 Mitchell, she helped him yesterday to pick up the 

 apples. 



" I have no more to say, my dear Mrs. Mitchell, so 

 I must conclude with best love to yourself. 

 " I am your grateful 



" BESSY FLOWER." 



Mr. Smith, in his large and interesting work on the 



