
          London July 24th 1821


 Dear Jack,


 I wrote you on the 29th June an account
 of my [added with caret: ill] success in making acquainances though my letters
 & particularly of my fruitless attempts to meet Sir J.E.S. [James Edward Smith]
 I will now go on and tell you how this terminated.
 I called on him a third time and he was again absent from
 town, and I left my address, leaving it to his choice
 to honour the letter I brought him or not. The next day
 was Sunday, and on Monday though a very rainy [added with caret: day] he called
 in the morning while I was out and left the following note
 written on his card "Sir James Edward Smith will be
 glad to see Mr. Cooper at Norwich in the summer if
 he will give him notice by a letter to Norwich. Sr. J.E.S. 
 is very sorry Mr. Cooper did not sooner let him know [where?]
 to see him, He sets off for Norfolk at 12 tomorrow but
 will be at Chapel Place between 11 & 12 tomorrow."
 I accordingly called at the house and had about 20 minutes
 conversation with him while he was waiting for the carriage
 to take him to the country. I will give you the substance of
 what he told me, which I put down in writing as soon as I
 returned home. He had rec'd [received] your package which was a
 long time coming. Had not answered the letter because the
 plants required particular examination. He had at length
 gone through them and at diff't [different] times written you a very long
 letter (which I hope you have rec'd.) One of the lichens, near the

        