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Sir
pardon a frustrated mind for troubling you when in such a disposed state as at the present. I have gain'd a knowledge of the plants at Kew as well as I could expect at this time of the year. I flatter myself as much as to say, that I am not afraid to face others that are employ'd in collecting on the same subject.
At the present I should wish to go home, not merely to see my friends but to improve my mind in other branches of Natural History, the manufactory arts &c. I have got Specimens of all the Bot. Bay plants that I have yet seen, excepting a few of those that the memory cannot be void of retaining. I made Mr. Dickson sensible of what I have represented, & desired him to acquaint you of it, but not having an opportunity he did not divulge it, & I not knowing otherwise, caused me to leave Kew.
I am yours &c
George Caley
[Banks handwriting]
wrote word that he had my leave to go home.