ET, 35.] TO JOHN TORREY. 309 
to do in the collections of England and the Continent. 
Indeed you may look to see me one of these days, for 
I cannot long be satisfied or quiet without such a 
visit ; though I shall hardly dare to show my face till 
the “ Flora” is finished. How glad I shall be to see 
you in your quarters at Kew, and renew my acquaint- 
ance with all the family, of whom I retain so many 
pleasant memories. With kind regards to all, believe 
me, Ever your affectionate if iend, 
A. GRay. 
TO JOHN TORREY. 
CAMBRIDGE, January 26, 1846. 
Your favor of the 22d I found this evening on m 
return from my afternoon’s lecture. I am very tired 
and cannot write much this evening. Four of my 
lectures * are off. You will be glad to know that they 
have gone off very well—the three first admirably ; 
indeed I was surprised myself at the fluency, ease, and 
“enlargement” which was given me. The fourth, both 
last evening and this afternoon, was poorer — inter- 
esting Selene, but scrappy, and less comfort in ogee 
ing. Splendid illustrations up though. . € pic- 
‘cen were worth something, if the bets was not. 
I shall spur myself up hard for those four to come, 
which are fully illustrated, in fact a complete embar- 
ras de richesses. Then come the four geographical 
lectures, which if Sprague gets the illustrations ready 
will be very interesting, I think. I must work them 
off well, for at least two of our seven members of 
onan are constant hearers. 
. There is a formidable amount of work of vari- 
ous siete that should be accomplished (Deo favente) 
1 The third course of Lowell lectures. 
