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for affording mc an instance, and introducing me 

 to an acquaintance so valuable. A very hasty visit, 

 and under a vertical sun, could give little satisfaction 

 to your friends; yet Mrs. Kett has kindly promised 

 to supply me with any of my desiderata in her pos°> 

 session. I beg you would assure her I shall have 

 much satisfaction in sending to her, as I shall indeed 

 to any of your friends, whatever specimens we can 

 afford from the collection here. Your name could 

 not but occur to us, and very frequently in our walk ; 

 for many reasons, both of private satisfaction and 

 of botanical importance, I wish you could have been 

 of the party. I am surrounded by many nameless 

 friends, — by many at least of very doubtful charac- 

 ters. You are destroying, I am assured by the 

 information of Mrs. Kett, a new and favourite Ver- 

 bascum : I shall be glad when you can examine this 

 genus, with which I have been lately not a little 

 perplexed ; — yet in fixing the Gramina and Mints 

 you are better and more laboriously employed. 



I am yours faithfully, 



G. Williams. 



From Mr. Johnes. 



My dear Sir, Hafod, Sept. 2, 1798. 



I was very sorry Mr. Gurney # made so short a 

 stay, for I was never better pleased with any one 

 on so short an acquaintance. I liked one of his 

 daughters very much, but it was all in such a hurry 

 I could scarcely speak to all of them. 



* The late John Gurney, Esq. of Earlham, Norfolk. 



