of John Bartram and Humphry Marshall. 95 
‘Yesterday the ship arrived, which our dear friend Captain Wright 
sailed in from London, but alas ! bath left her captain asleep in Nep- 
tune’s bosom: and now, such a mortal sickness is on board, that “ 
is ordered to ride quarantine below the town. No goods can be got 
“I heartily thank Sir Hans Sloane for his kind remembrance er 
e. I long to see his History ; and particularly M. Catesby’s books, to 
see what birds he hath figured, before I set out next week for a journey 
along our sea-coast, where I believe there are many birds which he 
omitted to draw— which I shall be very particular to observe their di- 
mensions, shape and colors, if | can compel them, by the charms of 
sulphur and nitre and lead, to let me dispose of them as I think most 
Suitable, 
‘[ shall endeavor to procure Lady Petre a humming-bird’s nest, and 
ae as soon as possible. I have not heard of any being found this 
tree, on the Kalskill ates delicate, fragrant liquor, as ane as 
water. 
“I design, next month, to go myself and gather some seed for you, 
which I hope will be as much pleasure to os as fatigue and charge to 
me to get them. There is no more trust in our Americans, than curi- 
osity, Colonel. Salisbury, who lives near eat sent me last winter, a 
very loving letter, affirming he did what he could to procure them, 
eaving orders, when he went to ane ys ease pas: but at his re- 
turn, there is none gathered. He se on purpose to the moun- 
tains, to gather them ; but he said 1% birds had picked "al the seed out, 
ing very fond of them 
‘““lam glad my map and draught were “LL although ei 
sily done,—having neither proper instruments nor convenient tim 
being, most of them, in part of a first day, or by leah light pares 
no whole original but ap gc nor time to take a copy,—being hurried, 
—and sometimes Body 4 too ; but, dear Puce let us ‘sala the one 
Almighty Power, in sincerity of heart, with resignation (o ia divine 
will »—doing to others as we would have them do to us, if we were in 
their circumstances. Living in love and innocency, we nxt die in 
hope.”—pp. 158, 159. 
Bartram, at Collinson’s request, had gathered some mosses, Pe 
for Dillenius, who in turn sent him a copy of his Historia Mus- 
corum. This is acknowledged by Bartram, in the following ex- 
tract, and also to Dillenius himself, ina letter printed on pp. 310-11. 
