Asks Adanson to prepare a note on his lecture at the Académie on meteorological observations and natural history, for otherwise the public will not be able to enjoy it before the volumes of the Académie appear (usually a lapse of some years). The note can be sent either to Lacombe or to M. Marquer [?], “mon ami” at the Académie. Draft of reply notes that Adanson sends the report to l’Avantcoureur and apologizes for the brevity because he is going on an eight-day voyage for his health. It is puzzling to find this note in l’Avantcoureur of 16 February 1767, pp. 153–155. The possibility of this journal being two weeks behind schedule is unlikely. Moreover, comparison of the printed account with Adanson’s draft shows it to contain more information than is in this draft. Perhaps Lacombe published an account of Adanson’s lecture, e.g., one by his friend at the Academy, and was then warned to ask Adanson himself before he got angry.