
          the money for the outfit was raised previously 
to his departure, perhaps it will be as well if he
[?] the specimens at so much for 100. I have 
also from Mr. Webb, £2 for Dr. Gray for his grasses
which I shall pay at once to Mr. Shaw 
for you, & I have an order from Mr. Christy
for another set of the "Gramineae & Cyperaceae"
if he can supply it. I am also desirous 
of thanking Dr. Gray for his introductory 
work on botany which is most highly creditable 
to him, & I would write to him, but 
from what you said in your letter I cannot 
but think that he is embarked in your famous 
scientific expedition to the South 
Seas. To Dr. Barratt I must write a
few lines, for he has kindly [added: sent] to Boner & to the 
D. [Duke] of Bedford willow-cuttings at my request. 
To the latter also he sent plants of Hudsonia
ericoides, but they unfortunately perished 
in the voyage, & the dealer is so concerned 
at the loss that I have promised to ask 
both [added: you] & him (to make the more? sense?], though one
sending is of course enough) for some more of 
the plant. I think if packed in sphagnum,
moderately moist, it would bear the voyage
well in a common box, & it might be directed 
to his Grace the Duke of Bedford, Woburn Abbey
        