206 LIFE OF BENJAMIN SILLIMAN. 



London he was ever present at, was the one at which I 



read my memoir on the Ilyla-osaurus. (afterwards published 

 in tli- trf the South East of England,; and exhibited 



to a London audience my fossil bones from Tilgate I 

 lie always spoke of that evening with great delight ; and 

 so completely was lie earned away with his kind feelings 

 towards me, that at the elose of my address, he loud; 

 plauded. ('though contrary to etiquette,; and was joined 

 involuntarily by others. Since our first acquaintance our 

 friendship has known no change. I greatly lament his loss. 



.Mr. Dana's papers interest me exceedingly; they 



are of the highest order. I anticipate great things from 

 him ; and look forward with impatience to the more full 

 detail of his opinions and observations 



'JO I>It. MAVn.LL. 



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MY ui. Ait I'"IMKM, Your very welcome letter of De- 

 cember 20, arrived January 2'J. It acknowledges mine of 



i nber H, and I trust that you soon after 

 another from me of November 20, in reply to yours of 

 October 'JO. There is no Correspondent out of my own 

 family to whom I write so frequently, and so long letters 

 as to yourself, because you tell me that they cheer you 

 under your trials, and I would cheerfully de\ote many hours 

 in the year to that object, especially as it is always to me 

 an interesting employment. I am very sorry that "the 

 prospect of ever being better becomes less and less." I 

 My hope that you may prove in an error, and while 

 you exhibit so much mental ry forward 



elaborate works, demanding much thought, wide study, and 

 .11. I cannot give you up, but \vill f'-el some con- 

 fidence that the infirm body which holds such a mind, may 



.ally and throw off its load of infirmity. In my last, 

 J think it was, I inquired somewhat more particularly as to 

 the nature of your complaint, inquiries prompted, not by 



