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while I live, as if there were no intermediate occur- 

 rence whatever. I am delighted with your dedi- 

 cating a genus to that excellent and unfortunate 

 young man. 



I am extremely impatient to have some fresh 

 news of you : your health, all that regards you, is 

 to me more interesting than anything else. Not 

 one day passes without thoughts of you, — remem- 

 brance, regret ! — such as diminishes my share of 

 happiness. This very morning, taking a turn in 

 my little garden, quite in ecstasy at the sight of four 

 or five delightful stems of Saocifraga mutata in full 

 lustre, I exclaimed quite loud, "Why is he not 

 here ? — at least the greater part of the seed shall go 

 to him ; he will admire plants, offspring of these ; 

 though not with me, he will not see them without 

 thoughts of his most cordially devoted friend." 



I really languish to see the continuation of En- 

 glish Botany. 



May Heaven's best care attend you ! 



E. Davall. 



In a letter dated 1795, noticed at the beginning 

 of this correspondence, Mr. Davall says, "I too 

 often found the want of a present friend. It was 

 decreed," he continues, " that in this very place 

 there was a person of the best merit, whom I had 

 long known, and whose sentiments in most respects 

 agreed with my own. We were married. Provi- 

 dence placed her by my side, and to her I owe all 

 the domestic happiness I have enjoyed ; and al- 

 though I did not escape censure, I had learnt long 



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