2 since we had the last of your personal acquaintance which you may depend has been appreciated none the less for the lapse
of time some of the liveliest and brightest spots in life s memory are the scenes of that old Hollow and the recollections
connected with yourself and Dan The time seems to have sped swiftly I have not much to mark its passage or does it seem to
have to left its impress heavely on me An occasional grey shining in my beard a few? crow feet near the angles of the eyes
and a form slightly more stooped from application to work are the only visible changes since you last saw me The changes with
you are I think even less in margin: Hattie has had another daughter lately in all she had 8 sons and two daughters she
is a brick 3 When shall we ever see each other to correct our observations as you scientific men would say and compare
notes of life s journey There is no thoroughly absent friend or relative that I would rather wish to see However the chances
I think are small there is not much I suppose to bring you back to Old lanada and there is no great probability of my seeing
your country but I may be rather fast you are not a Californian strictly and solely you are a citizen of the world a cosmopolite
the broad domain of scince is your estate but you can t occupy it when it would lead you out among the stars you must stay
on Terra Firma So in your perambulations may by Canada and old friends underlined: will come in for a turn