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not heard that It was fo, but reafon and fy m- 

 pathy would feem to imply it, and you, I 

 know, win feel with me, that from circum- 

 ftances of locality, and from fimilantv of fenti- 

 ment and occupation, M . ElU ock and Mr. 

 H — - muft have been more than brothers in 

 regard and efteem, and that, to either, the lofs of 

 the other mufthave been of tnultipiied feverity* 



Although difappolnted in this vlfit, we 

 have ftill an eye to the collection of Mn 

 Ellcock, and do not intend to let it efcape 

 without infpedion ; for fhould it happen that 

 we may be called away, betore we have an 

 opportunity of returning to it ourfelves, we 

 have made known its fituation to a friend of 

 ours, whofe induftry and acutenefs in the 

 fcience of botany will not allow a twig or a 

 flower to pafs unnoticed. Our colleague. Dr. 

 Wright, is told where to find it, and as he 

 is of the Charibbee Ifland ftaff, and may 

 remain longer here than ourfelves, or may 

 pofRbly be ftationed in the ifland, it will be a 

 great delight, and perhaps the high eft gratifi- 

 cation that could offer to hiui, to explore this 

 tropical vegetable depot. The Dodor is a 

 veteran in the field of Flora, and in him Mr* 



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