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as editor of the reports, to see the whole series through the 

 press, ' which is a great bore in some cases and very easy in 

 others ; there will be 1600 pages of it.* 



This employment involved the tedious journey from Kew to 

 town three or four times a week. His ' Report on Substances 

 used as Pood ' was duly printed among the other reports that 

 year ; it was followed next year by his and Lindley's ' Report 

 of an Enquiry into the best mode of detecting Vegetable Sub- 

 stances mixed with Coffee for the purposes of Adulteration.' 



His own work as a Juror was honorary ; for his work as 

 editor of the reports he received remuneration, a grateful 

 increase to his precarious income, albeit the time expended 

 on the work ran to eight months instead of three, as proposed. 

 As he writes to Bentham in July 1852, apropos of * working 

 very hard now at New Zealand Flora, the Garden and my 

 Indian Journal ! ' 



Chicory versus Coffee report is gone in Parsnips, Mangel 

 wurzel, Beans, Acorns, Tan ! etc., come next. I like the 

 work, but that is the worst of me, I like anything for a change, 

 and believe I should take to any pursuit with avidity (except 

 drink and Wordsworth) that was put on me. 



