
          Agricult. [Agricultural] College 
Lansing Mich. Aug. 27, '60

Dear Doctor Torrey

In my last, from 
Detroit I told you that I was 
quite ill with ague. Since I returned 
I have been quite well till today. 
Tomorrow is the dreadful 14th day 
after the first attack & every "bone" 
in my body is informing me of it. 
I hope I may stave it off for I 
have quite satisfied my curiosity 
in the ague line. As soon as the 
sun is fairly down a dense white 
fog comes creeping over the ground. 
The strangest fog, extending only 15 or 
20 feet upwards but so thick that 
you cannot see across the land. 
When this is about you can smell 
all the vegetation that ever was 
smelled. Go out in it & your hair 
is dripping & clothes quite moist. 
In the morning every thing is reeking 
with moisture & one cannot go 
about with comfort till the middle 
of the forenoon when it is oppressively 
hot. This has been repeated every day, 
except when it rained, for nearly 
two months. I send you a list 
of a part of the Ex, Exped. [Exploring Expedition] grasses. 
I have worked at others but 
        