
          Greenwich this morning) that I have 
no time to give him the necessary 
directions & instructions for collecting 
& drying plants. May I beg then 
that you, who are so [cum? ferit?] at 
these matters, will give him [crossed out: so] advice 
& then we may have a chance 
of knowing something of the botany 
of that much interesting country.

He proposes attending also to other 
branches of nat. hist. [natural history] & I strongly 
recommend his purchasing paper, 
& apparatus of various kinds at 
New York.

You too can procure him accurate 
information respecting the actual 
state of Liberia.

My dear friend I shall write you 
much more fully very shortly. We 
are all well & often think of you 

        