riling, May 3.
Spring has arrived very late at Kuling, due to the continuance of cold weather after a very mild wine ter. About three weeks ago we had a terrible gale which ended in a snowstorm and ice covered—the. trees to such an extent that many throughout the Estate were badly damaged, and it is no exaggeration to say that thousands of branches were broken off or snapped, and had to be collected for firewood. Some ne trees were damaged, which is a great pity. Now we have settled Jdown to the usual spring weather, a Tew hours sunshine, with much rain.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.