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which he would leave in March, 1840, en route for England. He 



from the Government 



and the authorities, and the friars were his best friends. But he 

 had suffered much from ill health and fatigue, and his eyes had 

 been injured by being in the sun too much— in short he was ten 

 years older than he ought to have been. He had had the 

 misfortune -to have a large case of plants stolen from the 

 warehouse in which it was deposited. How he ' should 

 succeed in the north he could not say, as there was war between 

 the .Negroes and the TTT1 " - - - 



a place untouched. 



W 



L-ondon, he announced his safe arrival that morning from 

 Singapore Avjth all his collections. Since his last letter he had 



n™™- a ? hlr ! in the Mala 5" Peninsula, and collected, as 



piomised, a splendid fern, with manv nth*™ .* a r,im *w, 



elevation. 



i splendid fern, with manv others, at 4,000 feet 



n f \„„ + S -? ped t0 have his collections in order bv the end 

 hnnpTtn ' an ?J- C ^ nvenie «t for Dr. Hooker to be in London he 

 wlh fnr x , L m ' T Te P arti ™larly so," he added, « as it is my 

 He a s° o r J5JS ha r T the ,fi^ choice in all the plant's, as before." 



ora.rthn.ifr-- 1 ™l l exert m >" self to Set all the plants in 

 toother wh 'lr ? at l am a ^iuainted with I will put 



SS, tTme colletdf^' * W ~> Mal ™ eae ' With fT* 



Square 0Cfc «T e Lv?^ ^i Wl '° te ' fr0m 80 > Gower « treet > Bedford 

 unpack^ Lll th ? P i ea T re t0 inform y°« th ^t my labours in 



oraer, which I expect to be done by the end of the week." 



From a letter 



had moved to kZTl J **S 1841 < after Sir William Hooker 

 Apri™ Wth tthP «i' Ji apP u arS that the P lants *«" distributed by 

 d5aWirt. ( 32,?W r b R 1Dg ^ and were siting to be 



November 



tm. while the distHbuTion was ISing^ 



Steffi MrjgTlt^ Iflf 011 f °V he local " i -) he «*»» 

 of all the localities of \rhfJu Museuna > kept a correct record 



return f rom holiday bJ I * h t C ° uld not get a C( W until his 

 localities were put on ti! hat Wh * u the P 1 ™** were selected the 

 began a new locality and n " Dabered distribution ticket which 

 promised copy was LI m ?*£ done to «™T set. The 

 tunately incomplete not *L ? Ch 9th ft >Ho^ing, but is unfor- 



excluding a lotof thinL dZ^S f ° r the ferns > and s P eciall >" 

 Philippines, consisting g f de t S h C p rib ^ d as . "miscellaneous from the 

 Lycopodiums, &c, & c " Tw ngl ' Mo88e s, Lichens, Figs, 



for on February 22 (the xeZ a PParently another complaint, 



going over my plants and tJ 8 °. mitted ) he wrote :— " I am now 

 missing localities that yon arSV « S feW da F s to send 7°° the 

 I have received from Mi S? de ° Ci t nt of - That, with the list 



satisfaction." Whether thp^' h ° P6 wiU pr0ve to y0Ur 

 Jjoe rved is uncertain, as no tJ ron 2 8 ? d formation — — 

 Mr. Bennett's origi„ a a8 ^° s ^ eof H can be found, 

 no trace of U r„~ r a : 1S S «U in exstw.^ ;« „i„_ j 



was ever 



Bennett's original list is «*7ri • U can be fo »nd. Whether 

 S 5 i* can be found at ^^S 1 ^ 6 I s alg0 doubtful, as 



copy. 



But it 



William Hooker's 



