
          Why do you not send me the description 
of the two torreyanums which I have
twice written for? I received none but the
new Equisetum.

My 3d Ed. Manual has been the 
most unlucky thing in the world. 1st Myself
sick 4 months, then Skinner [added: the printer] sick and
then [crossed out: ?] Castleton &c.[etc.] Now it will be
out as soon as it [crossed out: ?] can be driven
through the proofs; and your [added: other] book just
[home?] shortly.

You work like Dewey as well or better
after a long personal acquaintance[Hitchcock?]
almost as well. Cooley would suffer
a little by an acquaintance, but not
essentially, to J. Porter of Plainfield is clever; but
when he sent his poems, you found a correct opinion of him.

You ask for a copy of 3d Ed. of my Manual
and one to send to Europe as I promised, you say
I promised you two dozen, and you will
receive two dozen copies, as soon as the
work is out.

You ask for new things. I never find much
now. Six feet of [ground?] in the vicinity of
New York, with two [snulleins?] and one [stink?] weed
on it, will give more new genera and species than will
the lakes and mountains of Vermont.

Yours

Amos Eaton.
        