to supply yourself with mony enough to meet your expenses. and I think it will be well for you to supply yourself with a surpus fund in case if sickness. Perhaps Mr Jones Agt for the "Oriole" will wirte me not ot go to San Francisco. if so you will take the first Packet for Honolulu. When I receive your letter in which you say you shall shurely meet me, in answer I will say for certain where I shall expect to meet you. I have always expected to meet you at San Francisco, and I suppose you will feal a little disappointed if I do not meet you there. But still the passage from San Francisco down to Honolulu, is near nothing, as you will be in good weather all the Passage Mrs Holly will tell you all about it. Helen do you no I beleave I like to write you. I think you answer O' yes if not you would not write me so many letters I do not beleave a ship in the Pacific Ocean is reported as often as the "Oriole". do you not think you will be rejoiced to show me our darling child but I expect I shall be much so much taken up with its mother, that I shall hardly notice Laura for a short time. Poor Allie will be a home all- alone. I delcare it makes me feal down hearted to think I am not to see him for so long a time. But if you are with me it will drive away some of my lonely hours. Helen I think you will say I do not appear like the same man as I did when I was last with you. But I hope you will never have cause to say that your Husband does not appear to set as much of you as at our last meeting. I beleave you will say I appear to be much happier if possible then ever before. I think I look uppon life in a much different light then I ever did before. I often say to myself what is life worth to me if I am to live it way out hear alone. I can say with Trouth that I would give more for the Society of my darling Wife, than for every outher enjoyment of life together, and I flatter myself that if you meet me on this Voyage you will say you beleave the gratest aim of your Husbands life is that he may no how he can pleas you the most. Another year I shall discharge