
          Camp near San Ignacio Feby [Feb.] 10th/52

My Dear Dr

I did not expect to send you another 
epistle by this mail but in looking over your last
letter I preceive you think I am in possession of more
of you publications than I can by any ingenuity
[illegible]. Prof. Henry sent me one or more
Ex. [Doc.?] from which I cut out and had bound those
parts relating to [Nat.?] [Heid?]. There are in it two papers
on Botany from you and one from Dr Engelmann.
I wrote you the beginning and end of one of them
in my former letter and now I will describe the
other. This last (and it seems to be subsequent in
[time?] to the other) is marked in the corners when commonly 
in the paging thus: [7] is paged 137. 156 has 
12 plates -- begins with "Ramunculus aquatilis" & ends
with "Lycopodium. A small sp. [species] alien to [added: [From Emory's Report]][illegible]"
In this under Sarcobatus for instance reference is made
to your two repotes [reports?] and on examination I find that
I ahve the second but if you think I must of consequence
have the first, you'll have to 
send it to me. Now I don't pretend to explain the 
want of coincidence in my experience & your opinion or
belief. Perhaps an imperfect copy was sent me, for 
I am pretty confident that I lost nothing of what 
was sent.
        