
          Tabasco
Teapaa 10 Junis 1840

Dear Sir

Some four years ago I had the pleasure
to send you some curiosities taken from what
is commonly called the palace in the ruins
of the ancient Palenque, but as my
letter was never answered I presume you
did not receive it. Since that time the
precarious state of my health & adverse fortune
have combined to prevent my writing. Permit me
now to renew our correspondence by sending you a box of
parasitic plants prepared by I Linden Esqr a [young?] gentleman
now in this country on a scientific commission in the service
of the King of the Belgians & in favor of whom I shall take the
liberty to address to you a letter of recommendation, I
include a catalogue, but Mr Linden will himself give
you any information you may require concerning them

With the best wishes for your
health & happiness

        