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sister has gone from me ; and for her I can be very happy, 

 but I do miss her exceedingly. 



But I am now writing to you about a little bit of business. 

 When her failing health allowed, her great pleasure after 

 you saw her was to execute some more diagrams, beauti- 

 fully done, and I am sure there is no situation where she 

 would have been more gratified for them to be placed than 

 in Edinburgh University and yesterday evening I had a 

 truly kind letter from Sir Wm. Muir, telling me of the 

 acceptance of my offer of them by the Senatus and 

 University Court. But at present I am not able to lay 

 my hand on her list of what was formerly sent. Would 

 you mind the trouble of letting me have just the shortest 

 possible notes of the subjects a couple of words to each as 

 Hessian fly, Wireworm, &c., would be quite enough and 

 then without fear of repetition I can present all the others 

 to the University (excepting two or three which I should 

 like to keep for her dear sake) ; and will you kindly further 

 help me by letting me know at your convenience to whom 

 I should address the package. 



But though my dear sister did not work technically on 

 my reports any more than I did on her beautiful drawings, 

 I greatly miss her sympathy and colleagueship. 



November 24, 1897. 



I cannot say that I am well. The worry and hard extra 

 work and my bad fall on the stone steps were not good for 

 me, and I am painfully lame, and have got the gout, my 

 doctor said a day or two ago, everywhere. 



However, I am getting better, and hope to be much as 

 usual soon. To-day I am looking up " Pine beetle." I 

 think a trustworthy record of a thousand acres of Pine 

 without (so far as seen) a tree not infested is a grand obser- 

 vation. This is a consequence of the 1893 and 1894 gales. 



January 30, 1899. 



I take it very kind indeed of you to write to tell me of 

 the University arrangements about the Examinership. 1 I 

 consider it a great honour to have held the office, and it has 

 been a most thorough pleasure also thus to be associated in 

 work with such a kind friend as yourself, as well as with 

 Dr. Eream. But still, though not now one of the staff, I 

 can work in colleagueship, and I have never forgotten the 



1 After a full term of three years, by ordinance, an examiner is not 

 immediately eligible for re-appointment. 



