
          been to Cornwall twice & expect to go
 from there to Port Henry next Friday. I
 am getting pretty thoroughly tired of the
 world & if nothing stops me shall go to
 my land in Illinois next spring. Any
 call to intellectual & religious duties
 would be sufficient but I do not
 feel like seeking any.  The question
 is not whether "the world owes me a living"
 but what service I owe the world. I own
 myself the debtor, and am willing to
 pay on demand at my counter but
 do not feel like running after my
 creditor. How I miss Mrs Torrey!
 I have got into my orchids; glued the
 first of them today. I think all are
 finished as far as Siliaceae: the rest ^ [inserted: between] are
 done or doing. I mean to [earn?] a character
 above par in glueing; & especially
 to spare nothing that could add to the volume
 of my Granada sett. I wish some botanist
 would show my orchids to Lindley
 after I have got them nicely glued &
 all the fragments reunited. I send
 you on another sheet the remainder of
 [Blucks?] list. Also a letter to Eliza
 Regards to the rest


 Ever yours


 IFHolton

        