I am looking for a letter, which I know for want of better Knowledge, was sent to Northern papers many years ago; Twas W.P. Mackay who wrote it and verbatim I will quote it, "Its time to get a free passage to this country you should know." In my wild erratic searches, visions come to me in urges Of him espousing the virtues of a country so young in real terms, Of a land replete with plenty, where a dozen could mean "20" He wrote of this new country to his kinfolk by the burns. He had talked in visions splendid of the food and feast extended Of veggies and bread, fresh fruit and good cheap meat, He cajoled and he implored, to some displaced and those ignored To take advantage of a bounty so plentiful and sweet. Now I am sitting in my dingy, little study where a stingy Ray of hope struggles feebly down the List of e-mails long, Tis you that I beckon, and for mine, tis you I reckon, That can help me find his letter and amend this painful wrong. Tho I dream sometimes still, that I'd like to change with Will, Like to take a turn at pioneering, in the Outback or the Coast While he faced the round eternal of the List and the infernal Replies to every bloody query 'cept any one I post. So if you're out there reading and sympathize my pleading Find his letter from Australia to the papers round Caithness I seek its full text, to be informed instead of vexed Please help me find this dispatch and relieve my wrath-ness. ------------------------------- See what frustration does to you. John McKay Australia