
          Recd. Jany. [Received January] 28th

Kew, Jany. 2, 1844.

My dear friend, It has been a most agreeable 
surprize [surprise] to us that your brother came to us 
on Christmas Day, but a great disappointment 
that we have not seen him out a second 
time. He had given us the hope that he would 
have done so, but his speedy departure & his 
business engagements have not allowed him.
Be assured we have spoken much of you with 
one so near & so dear to you, & at times it seemed 
as if you yourself could not be separated from 
us by the broad Atlantic. My father was especially 
delighted to see him & he reckoned much 
on his return to us. We all trust that at a 
future time we shall see both you & him in 
England again. By your brother I send 
the continuation of my Journal for our American 
friends, & 3 nos. of the Antarctic flora I
will trouble you at your leisure to forward 
to Greene. If you care to see the book I authorize 
you to open the numbers & do so.

I see by Wiley & Putnam's list published to day 
that the first vol. of the U.S. Exploring Voyage [Expedition] is 
published & I shall send for it to morrow. But 
I observe nothing is said about the publication 
of the Nat. [Natural] History. I still think it a great pity 
that the Antarctic plants of the French & Amer. [American] American 
& Engl. [English] voyagers could not be merged in one publication. 
        