"27 _March_, 1863.

"MY DEAR SIR,

"I do not on the first blush of your proposal see any great difficulty
in agreeing to it,--_if_ indeed the Imperial Government is in
absolute possession of the tract of country you speak of.

"I have requested Sir F. Rogers to look into this and see you if you
like to call upon him when you come to town.

"I leave London to-morrow morning for, I hope, a fortnight.

"I am, yours sincerely,
"NEWCASTLE."



This letter of the 27th March, 1863, was in reply to a letter from
me:--

"ROSE HILL, NORTHEN,
"_March 27th_, 1863.

"MY LORD DUKE,

"In looking over the maps very carefully prior to sending in the
documents proposed to be transmitted through your Grace, I find that it
is very probable--from the desirability of carrying a telegraph through
a wooded country, and avoiding the plains, where buffaloes often move