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modest request, I have first, sent a quire of paper filled with dry 

 specimens of plants, numbered, so that if thee wants any more of 

 any sort there, or any more particular remarks on any of them, 

 please to mention it to each number. Secondly, I have sent thee 

 a box of insects, numbered, and a paper with my remarks to each 

 number. Thirdly, I have sent thee a collection of curious stones, 

 figured with Sea Shells, and some other curiosities, which, if they 

 should many of them prove new and acceptable, I shall be well 

 pleased. But when I read in thy second volume of thy extraordi- 

 nary collection of curiosities, I thought it would be difficult to send 

 thee any thing of that nature that would be new. 



I have procured an Indian Tobacco Pipe of stone, entire. It was 

 dug by chance out of an old Indian grave ; the figure and dimen- 

 sions as in the margin. This I esteem as a great curiosity, and if 

 I knew that thee had none of this kind, I should endeavour to give 

 thee an opportunity of calling it thy own. 



September the 23d, 1743. 



Respected Friend, 



Sir Hans Sloane : I received thy kind letter of April the 4th, 

 1743. I am glad what I sent last fall was acceptable. I have 

 filled the two quires of specimens of plants, in their perfect bloom, 

 and am collecting a fine variety of Mosses to send with them, which 

 I design to send with our dear friend Peter's specimens. 



I have been a long journey this summer unexpected, till a few 

 days before I set out ; but having such an Opportunity as very 

 likely never to have such another, I embraced it, so could not 

 gather insects as I designed. 



I am much obliged to thee for thy kindness in desiring me 

 to send thee a catalogue of my botanical books. Indeed it is 

 soon done, I have so few of them on Natural History, which I 

 love dearly to read. 



The first authors I read, were Salmon, Culpeper, and Tur- 

 ner. These James Logan gave me. * * * Doctor Dil- 

 lenius sent me Miller's Dictionary, and his own book of 

 Mosses. Lord Petre sent me Miller's Second Part, and the 

 second book of Turner's complete Herbal ; and thee kindly 

 obliged me with thy History of Jamaica. Our friend Peter 

 sent me them fine books of Nature Delineated. Catesby sent 



