
          for dissection, and all the parts have been well
given. OD Gallup is really a great man, and a good fellow.
I suppose you have seen him work an [Epideris?] of Vermont.

I have not seen Hayden's essays; but
he wrote to me very minutely about his
plan last spring by Dickinson. In one
of his essays he intended to prove, that
the alluvion of the Southern states was
formed from the s[?]s of the ocean &c.[etc.]

We are only writing to ascertain whether
it was Webster or Dana that wrote the
article respecting the Index. I never theraten
but you may rest assured the writer will
puke at his own folly.

I will consider the subject of a Vermont
collector for you. Perhaps I shall say
Perkins of Woodstock Vt. near the line 
of New Hampshire.

I shall leave Castleton in three weeks.
I calculate to stop one month at each
of the following places before I arrive at
Troy; Rutland, Manchester & Bennington
Vt. and Pittsfield, Mass. If you write to 
me at this place where you suppose me to 
be by this calculation I shall receive your
letter; for the post-masters at all these places 
know me and will know where I am; of course
where to forward it.

I will hurry through as fast as possible
and return your books. I am very anxious to
to have this edition [as] accurate as possible. I will
endeavor to send you a copy of as much of the
preface as you will wish to see, before I have
the preface printed; which will be the last part
printed.

Your friend
A. Eaton.

Dr. John Torrey.
        