
          here in the swamps. At the time when
I received the microscope I was engaged in 
preparing my large school for examinations
and have been since then constantly employed
in making bills, filling up reports & for
the scholars; I have therefore had no 
time to use the glass and have not 
been in the field before today since
last Saturday a week, my hurry is now
over and I intend to make up lost time.
We have had no rain here for a long 
time and the plants are dying, the lower 
leaves are so much destroyed that no
good specimens can be procured unless
it be those that grow in the wet swamps.

Concerning the person you inquire
for he is a justice of the peace and 
is methodist preacher. At the time 
you spoke to me of the matter before
        