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to do in the collections of England and the Continent. 

 Indeed you may look to see me one of these days, for 

 I cannot long be satisfied or quiet without such a 

 visit ; though I shall hardly dare to show my face till 

 the " Flora " is finished. How glad I shall be to see 

 you in your quarters at Kew, and renew my acquaint- 

 ance with all the family, of whom I retain so many 

 pleasant memories. With kind regards to all, believe 

 me, Ever your affectionate friend, 



A. GRAY. 



TO JOHN" TORREY. 



CAMBRIDGE, January 26, 1846. 



Your favor of the 22d I found this evening on my 

 return from my afternoon's lecture. I am very tired 

 and cannot write much this evening. Four of my 

 lectures * are off. You will be glad to know that they 

 have gone off very well the three first admirably ; 

 indeed I was surprised myself at the fluency, ease, and 

 " enlargement" which was given me. The fourth, both 

 last evening and this afternoon, was poorer inter- 

 esting details, but scrappy, and less comfort in speak- 

 ing. Splendid illustrations up though. . . . The pic- 

 tures were worth something, if the lecture was not. 

 I shall spur myself up hard for those four to come, 

 which are fully illustrated, in fact a complete embar- 

 ras de richesses. Then come the four geographical 

 lectures, which if Sprague gets the illustrations ready 

 will be very interesting, I think. I must work them 

 off well, for at least two of our seven members of 

 corporation are constant hearers. 



. . . There is a formidable amount of work of vari- 

 ous sorts that should be accomplished (Deo favente) 



1 The third course of Lowell lectures. 



