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drawings to show you some day What do you think of Lake Mendota in these quiet sunny evenings, perfectly enchanting is it
not, I used to walk around lake Monona every Saturday for plants. I enclose you a note of introduction to Mrs Prof Butler
She her husband and their family are warm friends of mine you will be heartily welcome to their home. You will have no difficulty
in finding them, you must not be bashful. I had the pleasure of meeting Prof Butler last summer in the Yosemite Valley here.
I had a letter from him tonight Dr Carr his family have left Madison. They now live in Oakland California. I have not seen
them yet. I wish that you could enjoy the friendship of Mrs Carr. She is an excellent botanist musician partner? I live now
amid the glories of this far illegible valley. You will see some Yosemite pictures at Prof Butlers in margin: Farewell do
not study too hard never give yourself any uneasiness about money.