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ful hours of waiting brouseht us finally at 6 o.c. in the evening to 
Davenport on the Mississippi. You can imagine what went on inside us 
in those one and one half days.- You and your loss was very present 
for me; I thousht much of you. Dr Farry received us at the railroad 
and enrded with one stroke our fears. After 3 days we could return al- 
ready with Geotfz who recovered qukekiy; lL hurried the more as Cholera 
had become severe in these days;some 1200 people died probably during 
one week. 1 had to jump rieht in the middle of practicing and there 
was little time. You understand, that the news of Mettenius death must 
have made a deep impact. I reproach myself to have been neglirent to- 
ward him;after years of long silence I had written to him one week be- 
fore his death ! To nme he appeared always as thoroushly strong and ca- 
pable and at the same time simple and making no demands,so very much 
a real man, as I hardliy new another, so reliable,and I understand 
well the words,that you consider him a support of yours even in death.- 
And in my opinion you express totally, what science has lost in him ! 
And his family I The poor Cecilia I But those afraid Sachsons. Such 
peopte deserve to die of fear of cholera I! 
The first cases of an epidemic are commonly the most pernicious, 
mostly probably because neither the sick person nor the doktor have be- 
come sufficiently aware of the danger,nor want to be aware. Was this 
the case with Mettenius ?’Durine this time of cholera with its "> up- 
sets and Brewauraren came hit after hit\the live Isoetes for which I 
had written to all partss Only half or entire hours could be used as 
they became available to procees the wonderful and hard to set mate- 
rials; some of them did spoil of course, but, I believe, to have %6 
Nele treated most of it as my strenesth permitted, 
Wm. Boott from Boston ‚finder of his Isoetes muricata and Tucker. 
man plants, and,since then others,which I consider all forms of muri- 
cata; Clinton shipped Isoetes from Niagara, and now one from the Cats. 
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