sent no word I hope you were then all well.

               I have great reason to be thankful that I have been carried through my labours thus far so comfortably- it is very hard work to lecture in such large rooms & so long:  but I have fulfilled all my engagements thus far punctually.  Both evenings at Newburyport it rained very hard- Tomorrow evening I hope to lecture at Charlestown & then on Wednesday go to Norwich- If the prospect were not so very faint that I shall be able to work some on Saturday I should request you to come that day to the rail road at Palmer But perhaps it will not be best to do it unless the day is pleasant & the travelling good & you should want a ride.  I assure you I shall come home as soon as I can:  for I am quite homesick & long for a little quiet.  If I was as young as you I might like to stay away- But I see almost nothing new & am tired of the noise and nonsense of the city.

               Tell mamma that she is getting more celebrity by my lectures than I am:  for all seem to know that she made the drawings The old Iguanodon invites not a little comment & I find my audiences thus far