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be insured for at least 4 or 5 times the cost, for should they by 

 an accident be destroyed, the amount of their cost would prove 

 a poor remuneration, when compared with the time it would 

 require to have them renewed. Attend to this as soon as you 

 can. Henry Ward has rendered himself very obnoxious here. 

 a letter came to Mr. B. on last evening from St. Augustine, to 

 inquire how a certain amount left by him unpaid was to be set- 

 tled. Mr. Bachman will inform you of the particulars. 



Do forward the bound volumes as soon as possible, for with 

 them I could at once make you a considerable remittance, 

 which would enable you to prepare the Nos. of the 2d. Vol. for 

 those who do not wish to have it complete. I am trying to 

 receive some money on Act. of the 2 d. Vol. through the me- 

 diums of Dr. Parkman, N. Berthoud, John Bellonis, Wm. Gas- 

 ton, and will let you know the result. The Plate .... which 

 you sent me is extremely well engraved, but let us keep to 

 Havell as long as he behaves with propriety, and does good 

 work. 



I have now replied to your letter fully, except on what you 

 say about my immediate return. The following are my views, 

 but if after all, you say — come on, I shall do so. Our country 

 is becoming more wealthy every day. Science is looked upon 

 with more congeniality every year. Subscribers in this Dear 

 Country of ours do not drop off unless they die. They pay 

 punctually on demand, and to have more of them in this land 

 than in Europe is a thing that may prove of the greatest 

 importance to us. When I visited our woods on my first re- 

 turn from England, I was absent about 12 months. The Rath- 

 bones and Mr. Children wrote to me many times to return, or 

 expect the work to fall. I went back to Europe before I was 

 ready to go, and on my arrival there, to my surprise and joy, 

 I found everything going on as well as usual ; but I was again 

 obliged to come to our Country to renew my researches, and 

 improve my head, as well as my collection of drawings. I had 

 then left no one like you in England. Now you, my Dear Son, 

 are there ; thank God for it ! You prove to be a better man 

 at carrying on the publication than myself, and to tell you 



