
          Dec. 28, 1857


 Dear Dr.


 So none of you
 will show your faces
 at our Christmas,
 nor even say a word
 whether you will come
 at all!!


 Your copy of E. Ex. [Exploring Expedition]
 I suspect will be wanted
 by Feb. 1! I do not
 want now to see any
 mss. [manuscript] of it before week after
 next.


 I have utterly lost
 Fasc. [Fascicule] I. of Plantae Junghuhnianae.
 After waiting
 a long while for it to 
 turn up, I am obliged to

        