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Sorry she could not see Smith and [Adam] Afzelius before latter departs [for Sierra Leone], "there is something in the countenance & manner of that little man that shews a Goodness which interests very much ones good wishes"; hopes he will find "both advantage & satisfaction in his botanical researches". Asks Smith to pay Afzelius for works by [Carl Peter] Thunberg and ask whether they will be completed, and to give him ten guineas to purchase botanical materials as "a remembrance of Hillingdon [her home in Middlesex]". Disappointed in her recent change of servants; hopes Smith and the [Harvey] Spraggs will visit to revive her spirits.

An 'Atamasco' lily in flower in her room; thinks the drawing is not correct. Congratulates Smith on "all the honours & glories surrounding him". Smith very good to give up his François [Borone, who travelled to Sierra Leone with Afzelius as his botanical assistant].