
          Cambridge, 24th Sept. 1858 


 My Dear Friend 


 At length we are 
 home again, arriving 
 night before last, very direct 
 from Quebec, where we had 
 (as everywhere else upon our 
 whole route, Litchfield, New York, 
 Pallisades [Palisades], Fairfield, Sauquoit, 
 Montreal, &c.) a delightful 
 time. Jane much stronger, 
 except for a cold caught in Quebec, 
 which still lingers. 


 Col. [Colonel] Munro was very kind,
 is a jolly good fellow, as the 
 English say. 


 I find you have not sent 
 him any of the papers of the 
 [crossed out: Boundary Survey] Rail Road 
 Exploration, & he has not yet
 seen the char. [character] of the Munroa
 nor had he a specimen until 
        