Asks for a safe and prompt way to send the 3rd installment of 3 volumes of his Oeuvre, and inquires why Adanson was absent when he (Bonnet) visited the Paris Académie meeting to defend Adanson before those who were hasty to criticize him. Finds Adanson’s Tremella observations interesting; suggests leniency for Corti. Reply drafted at Neuilli sur Seine 9 8bre [Oct.] 1783. Explains absence from Academy meeting as: (1) his health did not permit him to sit quietly for so long; and (2) his advices were ignored so frequently, that he feels free to use his time for his own work. Writes that his remarks about Corti were never personal but advocates truth wherever he finds it. Does not like the modern trend of citing from letters of others without their consent because in letters things can be written that are not fit for printing.