
          Amherst 20th October 1829.


 Dear Sir,


 Your letter of the 26th ult. was
 duly received & for it I thank you. I am sorry
 you had the trouble of copying that section of rocks
 as I had an opportunity of getting [crossed out: them] what
 I wanted soon after I wrote you by a young
 gentleman of our College who went to N. York.
 My wife made a section about 10 feet long from
 alluvium to granite with a view of the principal
 divisions of the rocks attached to the side & I used
 it last [?] to advantage in my lectures.


 I will adjoin a list of the botanical drawings
 agreeable to your request. I think you will wish
 some alterations omissions & additions - certainly I
 should - I copied them mostly from those of Dr
 Ives. Mrs H. could probably paint them by the
 middle of February should you wish & the health
 of our family continues good. Whenever she sets
 about it she will calculate to devote most of
 her time to it. As to a compensation I think
 it ought not to exceed $40 & perhaps it might be
 less. We regret that poverty does not permit us
 to say at once that it is a present. Mrs H. does
 not wish to undertake it in the hope of pecunary
 profit but she would be happy to do it for 
 you: though it is possible she may find it impractible
 with so many family cares on her
 hands.


 I apprehend you will prove a false prophet in 
        