Regrets inability to have crayfish for Adanson for dinner, but just after his departure, 200 crayfish were available. Aved’s wife reminds Adanson of his word to return in August to construct a building at Villeneuve. A draft of Adanson’s reply dated “14 Mars 1767,” reports delivering the snipes to Aved’s mother and of embracing her on behalf of Aved and his spouse. Notes that Aved’s daughter did not permit him to do so; such was the situation in which a man finds himself when not too bold with the fairer sex. The coach gave him continuous inconvenience; the body broke in two and an iron strip and ropes used for repair made it as rough as a “charette,” causing him pains that still inconvenience him. In Paris Adanson prepared about 100 fruit trees, flower bulbs and some of the most rare plants of his garden for shipment to Chaumont; a list of the plants is given as well as instructions for handling and planting them. Four hundred asparagus plants were sent to Mlle. de Magnac with the comment that, this “amiable philosophe” will not have found Adanson very gallant.