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what in marine plants. Among other things, the 
fishermen brought one day to shore the Blue Shark, 
Squalus glaucus. As I observed that Pennant has 
spoken of this species very slightly, having never 
seen one, I have taken a very particular description 
of it, and a young lad of the place has given me a 
very correct outline drawing of it. I should be glad 
to know if it would be worth while to make up a 
paper upon the subject for the Society. Has any 
one given in to our Herbarium Asplenium marinum? 
because I have a very good specimen to spare. I 
found two new Ulve at Hastings, but only single 
specimens of each. And now give me leave to ask 
how my paper on the Carices goes on: is it all 
printed yet? I could wish to let Sibthorp see a copy 
of it before he finishes his Flora Owoniensis. 
The Baroness Itzenplitz is brought to bed of a 
son at Kew. The Baron favoured me with a note 
announcing the happy tidings. 
Pray favour me with a few words upon the Blue 
Shark, my paper on Carices, and the Asplenium 
marinum. 
I am, dear Sir, ever yours, 
S. GoODENOUGH. 
From the same. 
My dear Sir, Ealing, March 21, 1796. 
The retirement of my situation and the neglect 
of the newspaper which we read, kept concealed 
from me till the latter end of last week, that you 
had completed your happiness. You must now be 
