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Office of the
High Commissioner for South Africa,
Johannesburg,

Oct:21::1901

My dear old Nan,

I had your letter and Bob Howie's and
one from mother by this mail, of which I was
very glad. Thank mother very much for her kind letter.
Tell her that I am very well & cheerful, save
for occasional fits of homesickness - chiefly when the
English mail comes in. I do hope the Mhor's [annotated: Alastair] health
is not giving trouble. It will be an awful job if he
has to join me out here - I might get him a job
as an extra-unpaid-A.D.C. I hope Father will not
think of Port Elizabeth. Reports from the coast-towns
say that the martial law regime is a fearful
nuisance for civilians. But I think he ought to
take a sea-voyage - say to Madeira, if he wants a holiday.