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fornia in green attire. Not that we are not interested 
and taken with the sere aspect of these western re- 
gions in summer, which we fancy more than Hooker 
does. In fact, the greenness of England is so con- 
genial to him that he took more delight in our eastern 
States, which he had mere glimpses of, than in all the 
wide western region, though of course there was more 
to learn in these. 
How I wish you could have been of the party! We 
dream of doing some parts again, and of going both 
farther south and north, three years hence. You and 
Sir Joseph would not then be too old. But I can 
hardly expect then to be, as last summer, one of the 
most active and frisky members of the party 
Moreover, the cost in time is more than one counts 
on. From the middle of July to the end of Septem- 
ber, one may, once in a way, fairly devote to holiday- 
ing. But then, after a week or two of work with 
Hooker over our notes and collections, I had to bring 
up long arrears, which I should have kept in hand if 
I had stayed at home, and so I have only now of late 
come to take up my regular work where I left it in 
uly. 
If you do not hear enough of our summer’s doings 
from Hooker, — and I know he must be busy indeed, 
—we must get Mrs. Gray to write a narrative ; not 
that she is not also a busy soul. 
All this time you have had anxious events to occupy 
your minds, and these are not yet over. But at home 
you are happy in the recovering health of your daugh- 
ter after so long suffering. 
We had our usual Christmas gathering last even- 
ing, and the house is only now set to rights again. 
Your old friends Miss P. and K. L. were with us, and 
