
          is over. All [?] scientific
work will I fear be long
impended. What can I do?
I have recently been at New
Haven on a flying visit to help
Dana through with his book
which is now in the hands of
the printer. Danas health
is such that much of the
work he had marked out
for himself must be abandoned
among other things his engagement
to lecture at Columbia College

At his suggestion I take
the liberty of asking you if
he will earnestly recommend me
as a fit [?] and perhaps the
only available one [?] Country 
        