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Will send JR’s box of cirripedes on Thursday.
Responds to CD’s questions about the geographical distribution of freshwater fishes.
Questions about woods in cold, northern climates; about JR’s reference to frozen sandstone; about how far out from the shore the sea may become frozen.
His petition for assistance from the government is in statu quo; he is working at his Journal [of researches].
Chancellor of the Exchequer has ordered £1000 for the publication of the Zoology. Would like to meet JR to ask his advice on one or two points.
Thanks for his long account of the climate of North America.
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Thanks JH for letter introducing Mr. Burnet at the Cape. The Hudson Bay Company is recording the temperature of the subsoil at JR's request. Sends some findings, which he will publish.
Asks: for name of instrument maker JH recommends for construction of actinometers; which hydrogrameters should be taken to Mackenzie's River; and whether JH has any experiments he would like done in America.