State Library of NSW
No 3 [?] - Tambo River Gippsland - January 7th 1838
My Dr [dear] Father, The Instruments have at last arrived - All right - I have rather long story to tell about them and hardly time to tell it - but will do my best to put you in possession of the facts - first and foremost my dear Father accept my best & most sincere thanks for the great trouble you have taken to oblige me - With reference to the Theodolite, it is in principle without exception, in every respect, the instrument best suited for Bush-work that I have ever seen - The workmanship is good, and Well finished - its only draw-back is it sends so small a vertical
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