
          M [Morgan] was handed to me by a messenger from his requesting 
to letter to you. I shall hastily say a word or two about 
myself tho [though] I have scarcely any time. My Northern expedition 
I call rather a failure. I passed up & thru 
the Northern Lakes in [Maine?] in a bark canon [canoe] with 
a native of the Forest who was on his way to the hunting 
grounds. I changed my object. I thought I should be able 
to procure skins & skeletons of most of our furred animals, 
as well as the more [rare?] birds. A moose was a great 
desideratum for our museum, but I did not get 
such a one as I wanted but have a [Red?] many promise 
of both a skeleton & skin next winter when 
he returns for which I am to pay $24. I examined the 
region around these lakes & saw many rare things as I 
thought in dried state unfit for transportation.
I hope to make something from my expedition yet.
The region is entirely barren of minerals, but in the 

        