
          You do not speak of the Annals of Nature, they have been sent
by mail to you & all my friends in NY etc.  I have heard already
that they have been rec'd [received] in Albany, Washington, Philad [Philadelphia] & New Haven.
I lately sent you 12 other copies to forward to Mr. Swainson by
first opportunity.  Do not fail to enter in correspondence with
him.  He is very zealous particularly in Entomology, Conchology etc.
You will be pleased with him.

Pray what is become of Mr. Elliot & his work?  I have not
heard from him for these two years.   Has he left off, or is he proceeding.
I have only N. [numbers] 1 to 5.  I wish he would send me the
remainder by mail.  Tell him to when you write to him.

I am sorry respecting the mistake about the Shells of Mr. Swainson.
It is better to me if positive.  They were for me & he sent me their
catalogue.  Prey make some enquiries, & ask them in my name
from Dr. Mitchell.  Else I msut write to Swainson again and 
it will be long before the mistake is rectified.

Do not fail to dispose soon of the fossils, and make returns.
The Museum of Mr. Clifford will probably become annexed to
our University, and all returns due for the past be added thereto.  
Send them to Mr. [added:Tho.] Leaming of Philada. [Philadelphia] telling him to forward
here, & that the box contains something for me & the museum.  
He is one of Mr. Cl's executors.

I have not made long journeys this year.  The death of Mr. Cl.
has deranged our plans, but I have made several excursions
to the Cliffs of the Kentucky & the Knob hills.  It is only
there that a rich vegetation is found. Here in the rich limestone
plains, the number of plants is very limited, more so
than in any region of the Temperate Zone, all the woods are
turfy parks!  I think that only 600 species of plants grow 
within 10 miles of Lexington on every side.

I have lately undertaken a new study, that of our Alleghanie [Allegheny]
Monuments.  I have surveyed about 50 of them & begun to
publish much upon them in the newspapers &  W. Review.
Some of them are wonderful & even sublime.
        