Sends information on the distribution of various species in the U. S.
Sends information on the distribution of various species in the U. S.
Returns proofs with slight alterations. Encloses copy of letter JH sent to the Times on similar subject.
Thanks MH for copying reply from JH's son John to Col. Tennant's letter about 'ruinous' metric system. T. F. and Amelia [Herschel] Wade arrived in China. News of storms and shipping disasters. Denounces papal infallibility. Reviews Pierre Lanfrey's life of Napoleon. Tell JH's son John about changes in southern stars. Compares lectures of Chandra Kesub-den to sermons of John Wesley.
Proposes a method of defraying the cost of coinage by means of seigniorage involving silver coinage.
Asks who the gentleman is who is studying cattle skulls; RS has some that he would like examined.