
          with greater salaries were lounging about
doing absolutely nothing. But [his?] jealousy lest some one
plant might fall into the hands of Dr Short through
me & be published without glorifying him any overpowered
all arguments and crushed any little remains
of liberality which he may once have possessed.

I do not intend to neglect the [?]. I have my eye
on some mosses. I was greatly vexed with [Sullivant?]
because he did not write to me & I feared I did him injustice
ignorantly for I did not know then that he had suffered
so great a bereavement. I have thus far seen but very 
little in Tuckerman's field of labor.

I have finished two jobs of surveying one of somewhat
more than fifty miles reckoning by the road but probably
more than three times that distance by the meanderings
of the river and another of thirty miles by 
road and more than sixty by river. I am now ordered
to join another party & work with it about twenty
miles when we shall organize anew and travel with
pack mules perhaps. Maj. Emory starts today
to hunt up Mr. Bartlett. Gen [Conde?] is dead certain.
There is considerable doubt whether much more will be done
on the survey until the Maj. returns.

I have found one plant in flower already probably a 
Nasturtium, the flowers resembling [added: those of] N. [Palustis?]. I did not
examine it minutely.

I enclose the fruits of some chenopods. Please give me the 
generic names at least, if you can.

Sincerely yours

Charles Wright

        