
          time besides giving him employment which would
bring him some little money.

I shall send boxes containing specimens for Dr. Hall
by the transportation line agreeably to the address you
gave me & will let you know what time they will
be in New York. He will think them a poor
collection but I beg you to tell him that they
are merely the wreck of what I had obtained.

I send them all to him & he will find among
them little pieces & scraps of rock which have
no apparent interest, but I consider every
geological fact, which can be located, of importance
in that extensive legion & therefore I have held
in to every thing. I was desirous that 
all of the little I would have to say on this subject
should be based upon his authority, but if his
time should not permit him to examine all
of them the box marked no. 1 will contain
the fossils & the others might be returned.
The numbers attached to each specimen correspond
with others in my books & if it would be of any
advantage to Dr. Hall I could send him a list
of their localities. May I beg you to mention
to Dr. Hall the regard want I have for the
results & I must beg you not to be offended
at my having so repeatedly pressed you for
the botanical knowledge as I am really at a
stand on account of it. I am anxious to get through
with the business of the last compaign in order
that I may prepare earnestly for the next.
        