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this opinion I find well founded. Some time ago I wrote about it to Rev. Johnson & have not yet received an answer, so he may have grown cross. I hope, however, it will not be for a long time, for he is a kind & interested gentleman & accordingly a desirable correspondent. 

Your notes accompany this letter. Your next box is expected with mixed feelings, for interesting as the insects may be, the needles are, to speak with a Swedish proverb, as "salt in a sour eye".

Yours truly, 
[[underlined]] A. Roman. [[/underlined]]

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