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xT. 27.] TO MRS. TORREY. 69 
the boat in which I came up the river. He had 
called the evening previous, when both Dr. Torrey 
and myself were out. He informed me that the pro- 
fessorship of chemistry, etc., was now established by 
law on the same footing with the other professor- 
ships at West Point, and that the pay of all was in- 
creased, so that it is now equivalent to that of a major 
of cavalry; and more than this: he has been success- 
ful in obtaining the place for himself. The stage is 
nearly ready, and I must hasten. Did the doctor 
meet Mr. Herrick? I have been thinking that, as 
they do not know each other, the chance of their 
meeting at the Astor House is but slight. I must 
have given both him and yourself no little trouble 
with my expedition trappings ; and if Herrick should 
conclude to stay at home after all, which is not un- 
likely, we shall lose our labor. However, tell Dr. T. 
that I will do as much for him whenever he fits 
out for an exploring expedition ! 
alan Outro, August 12, 1838, — 
the 4th day of my oa eat 
Ere this reaches you, a letter which I sent to the 
post-office in Batavia, New York, will probably have 
come to hand. The coach called for me before I 
had finished, and I was obliged to take my portfolio 
in my hand, and finish, seal, and address the letter in 
the coach during a moment’s delay at the stage- 
office. I arrived at Buffalo a few minutes after sun- 
set; stopped at a hotel not very much smaller than 
the Astor House, with accommodations scarcely infe- 
rior. Learning that a boat was to leave for Detroit 
and the intervening ports that evening at eight o’clock I 
secured a passage. The internal organization of the 
