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annual examination.—It lasts the whole of this month.—Every 
day, from 7 A. M. till 5 P. M. except one hour for dinner. 
In great haste, 
Your sincere friend 
Joun TORREY 
SCHWEINITZ TO TORREY 
BETHLEHEM January 16th 1825 
My dear Sir 
Your obliging favor of the 7th instant came safely to hand & 
caused me the most lively pleasure as I had begun to despair 
whether mine had reached you or to doubt whether my old Caro- 
lina friend Macon’s [*] pennyworth of savings policy displayed con- 
tra West Point might not have the effect of bringing me into dis- 
grace with you under a suspicion of being one of the conspiracy. 
I assure you, however, I am not of their council, altho’ I very 
seriously object to the furious method of a semiannual consump- 
tion of a whole month in examinations, which deprive you of all 
scientific leisure unles these examinations be followed as I hope 
they are by an adequate resting time of another month. 
With great pleasure I acknowledge the receipt of the two 
packages from Hooker & Greville & of the 3rd No of your Flora 
[89] per Mr. Mortimer, on the last day of the year. I have made 
a shift cursorily to study thro’ the latter & am highly pleased with 
it. A few species only that I possess from the regions you embrace 
are omitted & a number of very judicious reductions have taken 
place. My time forbids my entering into remarks at length, 
which would require a longer study than I am, standing on the 
Wing as I do, able to devote to it just now. 
I assure you that the hope you hold out that I shall have the 
pleasure of seeing you at New York before I leave America goes a 
great way in reconciling me to the deplorable hurry in which I ame 
under the necessity of making my intended Journey outward 
bound. I have just given an outline of the circumstances which 
embarrass me to our friend Mr. Halsey (to whom I have written 
according to your direction) but you being an old and experienced 
*[Macon, Nathaniel, U. S. Senator from North Carolina 1815-1828. Con- 
sistently voted against all internal improvements.] 
