
          recieved [received]. I am looking for the parcel of Compositae 
which Mr. Nuttall has kindly sent for me, for I am 
anxious to write & acknowledge them. I am sorry 
Nuttall should have behaved so ill to you, for it is 
impossible for an any man to have been treated with 
greater fairness than he has been by you & Dr. Gray.

We have just received excellent accounts of Joseph. 
They have accomplished wonders in one summer & 
have all but been on the exact position of the S. [South] magnetic 
pole. They have ascertained its position precisely 
& traced a line of coast from 72º to nearly 79º' & there

the [they] saw the peak of an active volcano 9000 feet high. They 
go to New Zealand & again to the ice next summer (Novr. [November]) in a 
much more eastern longitude, & then bear up for the Shetland 
islands, where they will [leave?] dispatches. Lady 
Hooker joins me in kind & truest regards to yourself 
& family & Dr. Gray.

Affectionately yours,  
W.J. Hooker

Dr. Torrey 
Professor of Botany 
&c &c &c
New York 
U.S.A.
        