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being about to become permanently one of the Board who 

 will instruct and license the physicians of this State ; an 

 increase of salary which is, I trust, no very distant event, 

 and an increase of revenue from the chemical tickets, seem 

 to be necessary preliminaries to a matrimonial settlement 

 ..... Dr. D wight and all the Faculty of College have 

 at various times taken tea with me, and occasionally other 

 friends 



TO MR. G. S. SILLIMAN. 



YALE COLLEGE, December 10, 1807. 



._._. . . MR. DAGGETT * and family have lately perused 

 my journal with eagerness, if I may judge from the ra- 

 pidity with which they called for the volumes. I met Mr. D. 

 in the street the other day while he was perusing the work. 

 He stopped me, and, after requesting the remaining vol- 

 umes, added : " I observe you describe the manner of rap- 

 ping in London. I wish you would rap four or five times 

 at my door." This rap, you will remember, is the gentle- 

 man visitor's rap. When he had finished the work, he de- 

 livered the last volume with a nattering note, thanking me 

 for the pleasure I had afforded him, saying that he had ac- 

 companied me with great satisfaction through every part 

 of my journey, and had learned many new and interesting 

 facts. The approbation of such a man is highly encourag- 

 ing and gratifying. I cannot, however, even commence 

 any great labor for some weeks, till the text-book is fin- 

 ished. The ladies affect to consider me as gone over to 

 irremediable celibacy ; but I do not perceive that they are 

 less polite than before. You see I egotize as much as 

 ever. I only wish I could do it by word of mouth. I re- 

 member with great satisfaction our many happy hours last 

 summer and fall, and do not entirely despair of their re- 

 turn But at any rate, let us write frequently; and, 



for my part, I promise to write as much folly as I would 

 * Hon. David Daggett. F. 



