
          Ansd. [Answered] by Dr. Gray

Glasgow, Aug. 4, 1838.

My dear friend

I was much gratified by your valued letter 
brought by Mr. Shaw, & delighted to think 
that we are now only 12 days voyage apart from 
each other. Thank you for all the news you have 
given me & the things you have sent me. Of the 
latter that which were brought by Mr. Shaw [has?]
alone, at present, reached me. The rest will 
be here in due time. I do congratulate [added: you] on your 
being fairly under weigh with your useful Flora, which
I suppose will be the most comprehensive one ever
published. And then what lots of new things you 
have from Nuttall! He answers none of my letters &
refuses all intercourse with me, yet I think we might
have been serviceable to each other. To you my dear 
sir, I shall be most happy to send anything that his [is] 
in my power that may interest you, & indeed I 
have already done my best for you in looking out 
from Franklin's & Douglas' collections, which have 
been lately published, a set of the rarer kinds, that 
is second to none but my own, though I fear that 
as far as Douglas' portion is concerned you will 
have now [crossed out: illegible] recieved [received] more, & better, specimens 
from Nuttall. Two perhaps are made up for 
you & were sent [added: with some books] to the office to be forwarded by 
first vessel, but when I called myself at the office 
I found that the first vessel was only going to Boston
so as there were some things in the parcel also for Greene
I altered the address and wrote to Greene & begged him to

[in margin]
The parcel goes to Boston by the "[Nahunt?]"
        