
          the accidental overturning of my wagon & the team
 [?] being I presume glad to get rid of the weight, my
 mineralogical specimens being in the same box, left
 the whole on the ground. It is most likely that next
 summer I shall be in the field again & I will then
 try & make up an herbal, as at home I have [crossed out: the]
 facilities for keeping them.


 I presume you see my brother frequently. He
 has made more of a figure in the religous than
 in the scientific world of late, & [crossed out: my] not of his own
 seeking either. Wishing you health & long life of 
 pleasant labor.


 I am
 very respectfully yours
 George Gibbs


 Dr John Torrey

        