
          [?], tho' I feel sorely
the difficulty of doing
much - & to be halting
along, is not the most
pleasant. Mineralogy I
shall not yet study. And any
plants or minerals you
will send me, will be
most gratfully recd [received].

I am amazed at Dr. [McMinn?],
but a review of
his work somewhere, will
do you justice, from [?]
[?]. I do not promise to
do it yet.

You seem full of business &
discovery. I rejoice in
your success.

I have
just heard that Mr. Eaton
has found Strontian [Strontium?] from
Lake George, I believe, &
has analyzed it.

But I must stop 
with the best wishes

C.D.

What could [Schermakor?]
mean? I suspect it was
the carrier, for Capt. S.
has an honorable character.
I am amazed. I have generally
paid the freight, do you pay it too?
        