
          of interfering with our plans.

I wrote to the Secretary
of the Navy this evening & stated these facts to him and
I strongly urged the appointment of Dana. It is strange
that not one of the gentlemen who expected places have yet
received their commissions! I think you had better tell Mr.
Dana's friends to [?] their [?].

I send you a list of the principal botanical works of Sir Wm.[William] Hooker.
If you can make a selection from these he will send them to
you for [added: a] set of the Journal. You had better wait, however, till
I get an answer from him about the matter. I don;t wish it
to be a business transaction, but I will pledge myself that
he will send a full return in his works, provided you are willing
to accept of them. I think Sir William would prefer a usably bound
set of your journal to the work in boards.

Dr. Gates bird tracks turn out to be the King's broad arrow made by
the Masons on the stones, when we were British provinces! The stones
were removed from some old pavement & turned upside down!
They look very much like some of Hitchcock's [mitterchicks?]

I think it probable that another course of geological lectures
would do well here. The [Meichnule?] [deby.?] gentlemen have engaged
many noblemen to aid them, but they only pay McMurtrie. You must,
if it is agreed that you come here again, lecture for your own exclusive
benefit. I shall soon enquire what [crossed out: what] is thought of the plan.
You have probably recd.[received] my brief [?] of Mr. Chilton's death. I hope you
will make honorable mention of him in the journal & take the opportunity 
of informing the public that his excellent son James will conduct
the business of the laboratory with great fidelity. He is almost the sole
[?] of the faculty.
        