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sort of work an industrious 'devil' at the Bar
does for his leader. I have come out nominally
for two years, and then I intend at present to return
to the Bar, with, I hope, a knowledge of S. Africa
unique among English lawyers, and chances of Colonial
appeals. But of course if the work interests me and
I do respectably I may be induced to stay on
- so Lord M. warned me. My inclination was
all for coming, for I love seeing the world & I
much prefer politics to law. Whatever happens, I
am, sure it is an experience one will
always be glad to have had.

I like the town though it is very new
& crude: but in this wonderful air a wooden
shanty looks like a Doge's palace. Four
of us - Craig-Sellar, Basil Blackwood, Wyndham
& myself - have got a house 2 miles out,
in a forest of pines & blue gums, with a