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Neron Targuine, and above all them the new Ma- 

 guiabel Bonaparte. 



I wish to be useful to you in any thing, and in 

 the mean time I am, 



Sir, 

 Your most obliged and obedient Friend, 

 The Spanish Naturalist 



Joseph Antonio Pavon. 



The envelope of this letter was thus singularly 

 inscribed : 



"To celebrious botanist, Sir Jacob Eduard Smith 

 member of various academys scientificals. — 

 To London, 



" Para el celeberrimo botanico el Doctor Smith 

 J. E. presenta esse pequeno fruto de sus tra- 

 bajos literarios botanicos, su afectisimo con- 

 socio el Botanista Espaiiol, Autor de las 

 Floras Peruana y de Chile, Jose Antonio 

 Pavon . " 



From Dr. JBigelow. 



Sir, Boston, Massachusetts, Nov. 18, 1813. 



I take the liberty to address you, inclosing the 

 introduction which my excellent friend M. Correa 

 has obligingly given me. In the present imperfect 

 state of science in this country, I am every moment 

 sensible of the necessity of an European correspon- 

 dence, to supply the defect of books and advantages 

 which it is impossible here to command. I cannot 

 but feel highly honoured in having at this time the 

 privilege of epistolary access to the head sources of 



