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Banks would gladly give 100/. for it; he has the 
2nd volume, and so shall I. I shall not remove to 
Chelsea till about Monday. 
J. E. Smiru. 
Mr. James Edward Smith to his Father. 
October 2,1784. 
Upon inquiring this day about the probable time 
of the arrival of the ship from Sweden, I find it 
may be here in a day or two. Its name Zhe Ap- 
pearance, Captain Axel Daniel Sweder. The cases 
are marked J. E. S. No. 1 to 26, and must be very 
large, as the books, which are near three thousand, 
take up six of them only, the plants five, minerals 
four, insects two, shells, fish, and corals occupy 
three. The freight 80/.,and 5/. for the captain’s 
fee. 
Iwas at the custom-house to-day, andsaw the 
letter from the treasury, which is very handsome 
and full. All the expenses that Dr. Acrel has been 
at on my account amount to 4/. 10s. which he de- 
sires I'll repay him in medical books. 
J. E. SmMiru. 
The ship which was conveying this valuable cargo 
had just sailed, when the king of Sweden, Gustavus 
III., who had been absent in France, returned home, 
and sent a vessel to the Sound, to intercept its voy- 
age; but happily it was too late. At the end of 
October, 1784, the packages were safely landed at 
the custom-house. 
