
          Slides for the lanterns enough to make the whole
 bill $200.
 Slides to consist of comic + [and] amusing, astronomical,
 Natural History, Botany, Cromatrope (2 or 3) + [and] those
 adopted expressly for the double lanterns
 Catalogue of instruments from the house where they
 are procured. Manuals + [and] &c [etc.] to accompany lanterns,
 The Gould's Microscope [crossed out : I] is for botanical purposes + [and] if
 there is a better one for about the same price. I should of
 course prefer it.


 If it is not too much trouble, I should like to have
 enough of the single numbers to make a vol. [volume] bound
 uniformly with the 1st vol [volume] of your Botany.
 The whole to be well and securely packed for a rough
 ride across the Isthmus directed to Dr. [Doctor] A. Randall,
 Deputy Collector. Monterey, Cal. [California] + [and] forwarded
 by Adams + [and] Co's [Company's] Express and sent as soon
 as possible


 I hope to be able in the course of the 
 next season, to send you some interesting plants from
 this region. Thus far, my botanical excursions have
 been confined to the immediate vicinity of Monterey.
 + [and] I suppose you already have all the plants that are
 found here. In the spring, if the state of my finances
 will permit (for it is very expensive traveling + [and] particularly 
 in making collections) I intend to make some
 trips into the interior + [and] among the mountains.


 And anything that is in my power to do for you,

        