
          that things had been arranged to his satisfaction
with Captain Wilkes; the Captain has been very sick, 
but now somewhat better.

I had your favours of the 15<u>th</u> and 19<u>th</u>, many thanks for
the interest you take in my behalf. I ought to have wrote you 
before this, but I assure you that for some time back, I have 
been so busy that I scarcely know what to begin to
first. The whole of the flowering plants of the Expedition has 
been culled out for the Doctor - their bulk is that of a 
respectable <u>Hay</u> <u>Stack</u>: 
        