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for root, seed, or specimen of the waggish Tipitiwitcliet Sensitive.* 

 I wish Billy, when he was with thee, had taken but the least 

 sketch of it, to save my longing. But if I have not a specimen in 

 thy next letter, never write me more, for it is cruel to tantalize me 

 with relations, and not to send me a little specimen in thine of the 

 15th of August, nor in thine of the 29th. It shows thou hast no 

 sympathy nor compassion for a virtuoso. I wish it was in my 

 power to mortify thee as much. 



Don't use the Pomegranate inhospitably, a stranger that has 

 come so far to pay his respects to thee. Don't turn him adrift in 

 the wide world ; but plant it against the south side of thy house, 

 nail it close to the wall. In this manner it thrives wonderfully 

 with us, and flowers beautifully and bears fruit this hot year. I 

 have twenty-four on one tree, and some well ripened. Doctor 

 Fotiiergill says, of all trees this is the most salutiferous to 

 mankind. * * * * 



I was much comforted with thy good wife's postscript, that thou 

 wast got to the Congaree in health, September 14th. I trust that a 

 good Providence will be with thee, in so laudable an undertaking 

 as to explore and discover the wonders of his creative power, and 

 bring thee home in safety, to the joy of thy wife and family ; and 

 in particular of thy affectionate friend, 



P. Colllnson. 



Now, my dear John, look on the map, and see by this glorious 

 peace, what an immense country is added to our long, narrow slip 

 of colonies, from the banks of the Mississippi to Terra Labrador 

 and Newfoundland, &c. See what a complete empire we have 

 now got within ourselves ; what a grand figure it will now make in 

 the map of North America. 



JOHN BARTRAM TO PETER COLLINSON. 



January the 6th, 1763. 



Dear Peter: 



I received thy kind letter of October the 5th, 1762. I am glad 

 thee received my rough Journal by Mr. Taylor. He was always 

 ready to do me all the kindness he could. 



* Probably the Schrankia uncinate, Willd., sometimes called Bashful Brier. 



