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31 Coffea occidentalis {line}							1Plant
32 Melastoma sp (leaf shining & rather large --					1Do
33 Hillia longiflora {line}								1Do
34 Melastoma sp:( leaves smooth with red footi stalks --}ii	--		1Do
Also a Box containing chiefly Epidendrums (several of them most beautiful, but having likewise a few  beau[?]iii curious  Ferns, and 2, or 3 Orchisesiv and Tillandsias
								       Botanic Garden Jamaica}v
								                        18th May 1805
Copy of a Letter												
Dear Sir					                               Montreal 14th May 1805
Some time past I received a Letter from Sir Joseph which cleared my doubts about coming home[.] I had indeed packed up to come by way of N. York, on hearing of the French fleets depredations in the West Indies, and if driven from that Station might visit our coasts. I shall not remain during the Summer as well as circumstances will allow, and shall soon set out on some Excursion[.] --
I have been in very good Health for some Time although the Winter has been dreadfullvi Severe. and we have scarce any Spring yet.: but constant Fog. & Rain[.]
I have [a] strong wish to go down to the Kings Ports on the Gulphvii of St. Lawrence, where I may pick up something, and avoid the great Sleatsviii of the interior part of the Country[.]
We have some arrivals from England London, and expect soon the spring Fleet[.]
I hope you wrote by Todix 8thx[?] --
I wish to know if the following 
i Footstalks in In botany, this is the stalk or petiole of a leaf, or peduncle of a flower
ii This entry covers two lines and this bracket encloses them
iii This word has been erased and is very faint . Could have been originally beautiful or the copier started to write the word beautiful and then realised their mistake.
iv Orchis is a genus in the orchid family (Orchidaceae),
v This bracket also encloses the date line below. Both lines are on the left side of the page.
vi dreadful
vii Gulf
viii "The Great Sleats" probably means the Great Plains.
 The name comes from the Scottish Gaelic Sl�ite, which in turn comes from Old Norse sl�ttr (smooth, even), the name remains in the Sleat peninsula on Skyle which is an area of level ground(wiki).  
Also as a surname spelt with double e:   
Sleet:This very unusual and interesting name is of Olde Norse origin, being a topographical surname denoting residence on a piece of flat land. The derivation is from the Olde Norse word 'sletta', a level field, borrowed into Olde English as the dialectal 'sleet', meaning a flat meadow, or any level stretch of ground (surnamedb.com)
ix today?
x This is a subscript, is very blurred and washed out and may not be 8th.