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all his knowledge to himself I am hopeful you are [indecipherable] by it; he is certainly very assiduous of late - And I hope much good will result from his Journeys - which is [now?] determined a [indecipherable] I informed you of the refusal he gave me & Mr Brown to his going in the Investigator - I have seen Ten Boxes in all he Prepared with Plants which have been established in them there Twenty plants - Mr Brown said they were all New plants in England - There is also a quantity of different Seeds saved in them, I propose sending them later else I have to send by the Greenwich Whaler belonging to Messs Enderby which will leave this about Feby next or perhaps sooner & as the Master is very careful I hope they will arrive safe
Novr 13th - As Monsieur Baudin remained here lill this day (& how much longer will depend on the Wind) to observe the Transit of Mercury in which the Clouds frustrated them, I am able to add in continuation of this that conceiving it to be too great a sacrifice to the public interest to forego the useful Services of Mr Barrellier, And as I am allowed an aid de Camp I fixed on him and had Colonel Paterson [indecipherable] in for that purpose; I immediately detailed him in his exploring service I have just heard from him that he had fixed his depots as far as Sixty Miles to the Westward of the Nepean - I send you a Copy of his