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<p> Petersburg 13<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> Dec<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> 1782.</p> <p> Here I am still & the Lord only knows how long I shall be <lb/>here. By one of the last Ships which sails from this port<lb/>I sent so much of my minerals other natural productions &c<lb/>as have rached this place. There were 10 separate parcels<lb/>the boxes marked G.H.I & K you should open because <lb/>they contain a mixture of things, the rest contains minerals <lb/>only, except the large basket which contains stuffed birds. <lb/>The box I is rather smaller than the rest and covered with <lb/>green <gap/> cloth, it contains 5 bottles of <unclear> | <p> Petersburg 13<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> Dec<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> 1782.</p> <p> Here I am still & the Lord only knows how long I shall be <lb/>here. By one of the last Ships which sails from this port<lb/>I sent so much of my minerals other natural productions &c<lb/>as have rached this place. There were 10 separate parcels<lb/>the boxes marked G.H.I & K you should open because <lb/>they contain a mixture of things, the rest contains minerals <lb/>only, except the large basket which contains stuffed birds. <lb/>The box I is rather smaller than the rest and covered with <lb/>green <gap/> cloth, it contains 5 bottles of <unclear>Astrackan</unclear> <lb/> wine. G contains besides loose minerals 3 or 4 small <lb/>boxes which together contain 3 complete collections of minerals<lb/>similar to the larger ones, of which they may serve as <lb/><hi rend="underline">samples</hi>. In one of these 3 or 4 little boxes is an earthen pot <lb/>full of the natural <unclear>possile</unclear> alkali which you will <lb/>examine as soon as possible. K & H contain also as <lb/>well as minerals some smaller boxes of which one is <lb/>full of Rhubarb, another of tea, another contains small <lb/>purchases I made at Kiachta. In short these parcels <lb/>that were intended to have been sent some by land, others </p> <pb/> | ||
Petersburg 13th Decr 1782.
Here I am still & the Lord only knows how long I shall be
here. By one of the last Ships which sails from this port
I sent so much of my minerals other natural productions &c
as have rached this place. There were 10 separate parcels
the boxes marked G.H.I & K you should open because
they contain a mixture of things, the rest contains minerals
only, except the large basket which contains stuffed birds.
The box I is rather smaller than the rest and covered with
green cloth, it contains 5 bottles of Astrackan
wine. G contains besides loose minerals 3 or 4 small
boxes which together contain 3 complete collections of minerals
similar to the larger ones, of which they may serve as
samples. In one of these 3 or 4 little boxes is an earthen pot
full of the natural possile alkali which you will
examine as soon as possible. K & H contain also as
well as minerals some smaller boxes of which one is
full of Rhubarb, another of tea, another contains small
purchases I made at Kiachta. In short these parcels
that were intended to have been sent some by land, others
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Samuel Bentham |
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