
          I retain for myself I hope (and that soon now) to
 render an equivalent that shall be satisfactory on
 your part. In the mean time [meantime] I can only express my
 thankfulness for the liberality heretofore expended on
 my account. Mr. Schott I presume will write you
 fully with regard to the disposition he desires made of
 his plants. I have an idea you will find his collections
 much more interesting than mine notwithstanding Mr. Wright
 has been over the ground before him.


 Maj. [Major] Emory has been gone some 10 days. When he first
 started it was with the intention of stopping at Laredo
 and making Astronomical Observations in connection of
 the Survey but on the day of his departure instructions
 from the Department of the Interior were received leaving
 it discretionary with Mr. Bartlett alone whether to
 continue the work of the survey or to abandon it and disband
 the Commission so that Maj [Major] Emory has gone on
 to meet the Commissioner at Camargo. Although it
 may appear singular it is nevertheless true that Maj [Major] Emory
 has been on the work nearly one year and has surveyed
 between 800 & 900 miles of the River or From Do�a Ana
 to Laredo (with the exception of a small fraction above
 the mouth of the Pecos upon which Mr. Chandler has been
 engaged and which he has lately been obliged to suspend
 for the want of boats & provisions) without having
 seen the Commissioner or even communicating with
 him by letter more than once. About the time we
 left Presidio del Norte Mr. Bartlett arrived at
 El Paso and expected to join us in the course
        