
          perceived that it was a copy of
Agardh. I concluded you had
complied with my ardent request
to obtain a copy for me
and immediately sent it to be 
found.

A few days after, my daughter
brought me a latin pamphlet
from the cellar. I found it to be
a periodical publucation of Agardh;
Nos. 14 & 15. This puzzled
my son, knowing all the facts, [observed], [hole in paper]
that you had several times
sent packages to me for Dewey.
Possibly these [carexes?] and this pamphlet
might be for him, and that
you had omitted to direct it through 
mistake. This seemed to be confirmed
by his being a great carex man, and 
I not. It might be that you

[vertical note in left margin]
[drawing of finger pointing to the note]
I have broken upon this letter to say, that I find this copy of Agardh is a
later edition; therefore you may have intended it for Prof. Dewey. If so, tell me and I 
will send it, bound to him. Why cannot I have Agardh's Nat. orders Schweins &c.[etc.] 
I will double or quadruple the cost, if I can [added: have] [?] foreign works which you
said to say.  
        