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having recently sent me collections of plants * 
and minerals. The Bishop, in a letter now* be¬ 
fore me, says, cc Cum gravissimo sane dolore ca- 
“ lamitatem vestram accepi! Paulsonius noster 
“ tibi plantas quas orientalis insulae plaga hoc 
“ tempore producit exhibebit. Si quid in mea 
u potestate erit, quae amisisti aliquo modo re- 
“ stituere, fac jube, hoc grato fungar officio.” 
I did not, however, then avail myself of his ci¬ 
vility, but spent nearly the whole of my time 
on board, for there was, indeed, little that could 
afford me amusement on shore ; as it was too 
late in the season to replace my lost collection of 
the vegetable productions of the island, neither 
had I materials to enable me to preserve any 
subjects of natural history: books, too, were not 
to be procured without much time and trouble; 
drawings required still more; and my inclination, 
it may be well imagined, was not favorable to 
any of these attempts. 
On the 4th of September we once more left 
these unfortunate shores. It was the captain’s 
* This collection contained one or two plants not before 
known as natives of Iceland, which I have therefore inserted 
in the list of the vegetable productions of the island con* 
tained in the Appendix E. 
