
          he had made a large collection which he
proposed to complete & carry to Europe the
present year, embarking at the mouth of
the Columbia. He is now on the north
or main branch of the Columbia. I
met Leders at the cascades of the
Columbia near Vancouver to which he
was going. He had made us collection
whatever, but proposed doing much
work this year. The proposals for the
sale of collections which you saw in
the European papers were from Dr. G. 
Engelman of St Louis. He had made
arrangements with Leder & Geyer to
dispose of their collections which should
be delivered to him on the condition that
Dr. Engelman should fit them out &
they enjoy the pecuniary advantage from
the sale of the collections which he
engaged to dispose of, while all the refutation
arising from their description &c [etc]
should belong to him.
        