
          destry his usefulness. His account of foreign plants
is considered as the production of vanity, in no way
useful to the readers of that work. His naming new
snakes a such from ewspaper accounts related
by drunken ignorant boatmen is considered as a
mark of uncommon weakness and vanity. His new
names with which hi is overwhelming the science will
meet with universal contempt. Cannot some friend induce
him to return to sober reason, and then make himself
highly useful and much esteemed? He ought to 
know, that he does not stand high enough in the literary
world to enforce these innovations. He was never formed
by nature to lead. He ought to be contented to follow.

I have Mr. [?] geology but never admired it
much. There is a map of general facts in it which
are of use. His reflections are crude and his statements
often untrue. I have given much attention to practical
geology within the years and read all the works 
which come to hand on that subject. Bakewell is 
superior to every thing. [Jean André] De Luc has some good
thought but is a monstrous egotist. Next to 
Bakewell I prefer [Kirwen?]. Phillips & [?] are good
as far as they go.

I have given a short course of evening lectures on 
chemistry here. I exhibited all the usual experiments
with gasses and salts etc. Then I exhibited 
minerals enough for understanding geology. I am
now on geology. I have taken pains to make
several accurate tranverse sections in thiis country.
I intend to send them to the Lyceum. My 
classroom is crowded with the first people here
of both sexes and all ages. I clost next week.
I ahve in my class 55 ladies, four practicing 
lawyers, 3 students at law, three practicing 
physicians, 2 students in physic, three other gentlemen
        