12/23 We believed the univalves had been chiefly described by him; one, or probably two of the species were not contained in his memoir. It would gratify me very much to possess a complete collection of those molluscas. I gave Mr.Barnes, who is an indefatigable collector, such duplicates as I could spare. Our medical school was never so flourishing, there being nearly two hundred students. In the evening, I showed it to the lyceum. |