
          Present my respects to Mrs. Torrey. Your little daughter
will soon be old enough to crawl about in search
of plants (to use your own language. I was very
sorry I could not visit Mrs. T. the last time I was
in N.Y. I shall most probably visit the City [crossed out: this]
in 3 or 4 months.

Very Truly
Your Friend
J Barratt

To Dr. Torrey.

Can you give me any particulars respecting
the Crystals of Serpentine from Euston or Warwick
I was desirous to know if possible the Measurements
of the Crystals. I examined the specimen in the
Cabinet at N. [New] Haven but saw nothing
that could be safely called a crystal.

Has Baron Lederer brought out any fine Minerals
from Germany Silliman enquired respecting Dr. Mead's
Cabinet of Minerals and told me it was the one offered
for sale in his Journal. I also saw Silliman
make an experiment with some new arrangements
of a galvanic app [apparatus]. It was a complete failure.
It was an attempt to Simplify Wollaston's Instrument
as figured in Brund.

How are they going on at W. Point? I do not know who is
chaplain now. Is there any probably [probability] of your returning
there

[at 90 degrees in left margin] 
I have enclosed a Letter for Mr. Paine in answer to one
in which he offers to make an exchange of minerals.
Pray who is this Gentleman and what does he know about
Minerals? I shall as I tell him be glad to exchange
with him next summer. 

        