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x 89

October 6' 1853

My Dear Sir
I have just come across a
very interesting work call the Boy
Hunters, by Capt. Mayne Reid, of which
I beg your acceptance. It will always give
me much pleasure to stimulate your
tastes for Natural History by means of
such works as this which are well
calculated to impart the spirit of
their authors. I also send some miscel-
laneous works which I hope may all reach
you.
I have not yet had time to
make any minute examination of the fishes
&c. you so kindly sent me, but hope to do
so before very long. I trust to be put in pos-
session through your kind instrumentality
of all the species which exist within
your range. You need not any reiterated
directions to keep the specimens from
different localities distinct: this is the only
classification necessary however. The greater
the number of localities, the greater
of course the interest, and complete col-
lections to include all the species for
each locality will be exceedingly important.
Look sharp for [letter torn] little darters among
the stones in [letter torn] low ripples. Of these
there is great [letter torn]. Among the minnows
[illegible] [letter torn] will find many

x label
x [illegible]
x [illegible]
x 89

October 6' 1853

My Dear Sir
I have just come across a
very interesting work call the Boy
Hunters, by Capt. Mayne Reid, of which
I beg your acceptance. It will always give
me much pleasure to stimulate your
tastes for Natural History by means of
such works as this which are well
calculated to impart the spirit of
their authors. I also send some miscel-
laneous works which I hope may all reach
you.
I have not yet had time to
make any minute examination of the fishes
&c. you so kindly sent me, but hope to do
so before very long. I trust to be put in pos-
session through your kind instrumentality
of all the species which exist within
your range. You need not any reiterated
directions to keep the specimens from
different localities distinct: this is the only
classification necessary however. The greater
the number of localities, the greater
of course the interest, and complete col-
lections to include all[underlined] the species for
each locality will be exceedingly important.
Look sharp for [letter torn] little darters among
the stones in [letter torn] low ripples. Of these
there is great [letter torn]. Among the minnows
[illegible] [letter torn] will find many