Encloses a four-page printed pamphlet on the cruelty of steel traps [see Collected papers 2: 83–4].
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Encloses a four-page printed pamphlet on the cruelty of steel traps [see Collected papers 2: 83–4].
Thanks to WDF’s directions, Anne’s tombstone has been found.
CD improved, but recovery is slow. She describes treatment.
Encloses paper she and CD have written [see 4294, which was wrongly addressed by ED and had not reached WDF].
Thanks WDF for his letter [on steel traps].
Gives a better report of CD’s health since he gave up water-cure.
CD has been so ill they must discourage visit by WDF. Recovering slowly with new treatment.
Urges WDF to send trap he has invented to the exhibition and competition of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Advertisement of Brailsford’s Patent Vermin Trap enclosed.