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especially as you can't help yourself. This being 

 done I went on to the Linnsean Society, and by work- 

 ing at the full stretch of my powers contrived to get 

 through the Linnsean herbarium (skipping a few 

 genera now and then) about six o'clock. Returned 

 home pretty well fatigued, took some tea and toast, 

 called upon Bentham, whom I found writing letters of 

 introduction for me. I have them now before me. 

 They are addressed to Seringe at Lyons ; Eequien, 

 Avignon ; Lady Bentham (B.'s mother) at Montpellier, 

 with request to make me acquainted with Dunal and 

 Delile ; Moretti at Pavia ; Visiani at Padua ; Tomasini 

 at Triest ; Unger at Gratz ; Endlicher at Vienna ; 

 Martius and Schultes at Munich ; Eeichenbach at 

 Dresden ; Poppig at Leipsic. These, with what I 

 have already from Hooker, Arnott, Greville, Boott, 

 etc., with a few that I expect at Paris, leave me little 

 to wish for in this respect. About ten o'clock went to 

 Mrs. Stevenson's party. It was not a very large one, 

 and in no way especially remarkable. I found there 

 of course the Bootts (three sizes, viz., Mrs. Boott the 

 grandmother, Mrs. Boott the mother, and Miss Boott 

 the daughter) and so of course I was upon good foot- 

 ing. Our minister lives in neat but by no means 

 splendid style, quite enough so for a republican ; 

 and Mrs. S. is very lady-like and prepossessing in 

 appearance. Mr. Stevenson did not make his appear- 

 ance. Of course, I did not stay long. 



TO JOHN TORREY. 



Poor Hunneman died yesterday, after a short ill- 

 ness. I have spent much time evenings with Mr. 

 Valentine, whom I like extremely. Excepting only 

 Brown, he is the best microscopical observer in Great 



