Robinson notes that for the last four months they have had hardly a drop of rain and that this drought happens once every three or four years. There is a great want of fodder for cattle, horses and sheep and they are now reduced to cane tops. Robinson asks if his correspondent or Sir J.D. Hooker know of any grass that would suit them with the poor soil and great heat. As a postscript he notes the Australian grass 'did not answer'. Annotated with suggestions of grasses, including Bermuda Grass and Bahama Grass, or Cynodon dactylon. Page 1 of 3.