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they remain unknown I am determined it shall not be my 

 fault ; I received from Mr Oemler of Savannah a box of insects 

 for you, & also one for myself which contained Diptera & 

 Hemiptera — he requested me to open your box to observe 

 their condition & to note such of them as I would wish him to 

 send to me — In your box was a few of the larva of the Anth- 

 renus, but little injury however appears to have been done ; in 

 my box was at least twenty of these intruders & many insects 

 were completely destroyed — I brought your box upon my lap 

 with care to your friend in Baltimore together with Mr Oemler' s 

 letter to you, also the four jSrst & seventh numbers of our Jour- 

 nal, ^ and the first number of my American Entomology all 

 which I hope may reach you in safety & meet your approba- 

 tion — Any letters &c you may send for me will be perfectly 

 safe in Philadelphia untill my return 



With the most sincere 

 respect & esteem 

 I remain your Obdt Serv'. 



Thomas Say — 



Philad? June loV' 1818 

 Dear Sir — 



After a considerable interval occasioned by absence from this 

 country, I once more have the pleasure to address my friend — 

 In my last letter I informed you that I was about setting off 

 upon a journey into Florida in pursuit of objects of Natural 

 History. This has been accomplished — I accompanied the presi- 

 dent of our Academy M!: W." Maclure (a gentleman well known 

 in Europe & America for Science & beneficence) in his Carriage 

 by easy journies as far as Charleston ; we then took the Steam 

 boat to Savannah, & sent on the carriage by land. At Savannah 

 we met our companions Messrs Ord & Peale who had arrived a 

 day or two before us from Philad? by sea. Here the Carriage 

 & Horses were sold & we Chartered a sloop of about thirty 

 tons burden & after laying in our stores & necessarys we com- 

 menced our voyage toward the promised land — we stopped at 

 each of the Sea Islands in order to examine their productions 

 and the sea Coast for Crustacea, Molusca &c — took in another 



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