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with as much fluency as English. It is
one of the advantages of modern education
that Children are taught, almost from their
cradle to speak with as much facility
2 or 3 languages, as a single one

I saw Lady McArthur a few days ago
The General lives in Seclusion, although
his bodily health is good, his memory
has I believe completely gone, and life
in his present condition is scarcely to be
regarded as a boon. His wife is a
most assiduous and tender nurse. I meet
Sir Henry Parkes every week at the Union
Bank, and occasionally see Lady P. Mr
MacLeay has taken a charming old home
in Surrey and is busy planting and
making improvements in his new abode, in
which the traditional hospitality of the
MacLeay family, is kept up in full
vigour.

I have little more to say except to
offer my best regards to Mrs Chisholm
and all my old friends at Camden.