Concerned to hear of Smith's poor health from [Nicholas] Gwyn. Has toured North Wales collecting plants and preserved many from Snowdon and other mountains in Carnarvonshire, including: 'Saxifraga nivalis', 'S. stellaris', 'Anthericum serotinum', 'Aracium alpinum'. Also collected many species of cryptogamia which he will send to Smith, Sir Joseph Banks, or [John] Sibthorp.

Sending present of game to Smith and Sir Joseph Banks. Intends to deliver in person, after Christmas, the mosses collected in local woods. Thanks for Smith's letter and sketch of "beautiful" 'Fuschia' at Kew, and for admittance as Associate of the Linnean Society. Received letter from Banks in response to the Snowdon mosses he sent. Intends to go to the Lake District or Switzerland next summer. Requests cutting of 'Thymus cephalotos' and seeds of 'Digitalis sceptrum'.