
          of inability to do much, at [present?] [driving every?] such thought
far from me. I want [Acharius?], indeed, by & by hope to get it.

I intended to send some [insects?] to exchange for some
Europeans, but I have few - & it seems so improbable that
I get them well to you, that I forbear. Today a friend
has sent me some minerals, a few as I hear, for I have
not yet laid hand on them. If I should think best to send a
few minerals I may also just put up some bugs. As it now
is, I send only half a dozen plants, which I wish to know.
A friend brought them from the south.

I have not looked for plants this fall - & I have seen
no other [Collitrich?] than I sent you.

Vacinnium stamineum I sent you one year ago,
from near the mine in Southampton. I should think
it a different plant from the one I imagined about,
but I have few means of judging.

I regret to hear you talk so discouragingly
about an answer from M. Collins. I am sorry 
for I wish to know some of those plants.

That mutilated Salamandra, broke off his tail in
his own rath. I split a stick to catch him in &
bring him home. But he was so indignant at the insult,
that he broke off his tail in a violent effort to
get off.

What is the species so common in small
streams, spotted, larger than the red, often caught in their
travels over land from brook to brook? I can get many if I
try. I have one of them about 3/4 inch long, which I took out
of the egg, as I imagine. I saw often gelatinous masses
on leaves in water, in which I found nothing of life,
except in one case, in which it had grown black & [muddy?] 
I opened it, & saw motion, & then crept out a little Salamander.
Do not they hatch in this way? If not, he had
        