Encloses letter and paper to be forwarded to B. J. Sulivan.
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Encloses letter and paper to be forwarded to B. J. Sulivan.
Thanks for ducks’ skins, for which he encloses postal order.
CD questions ADB on the mode of feeding of geese and on the existence of variations in the structure of the bill; is trying to trace gradations in structure and habits.
Reports how his sons enjoyed their trip to America.
Is glad SRSN is settled in Dresden.
Requests a prescribed physic [not specified].
Thanks for offer of photograph.
Asks for a meeting in order to go over the shells [which GBS was to describe in the appendix on Tertiary fossil shells in South America].
Seeks correspondent’s support for his nephew, Henry Parker, for membership in the Athenaeum.
Tells correspondent how to locate Michael Faraday’s widow [Sarah Barnard].
Encloses answers and corrections [concerning Orchids]. Thanks HGB for translating it.
Congratulates TB on his son’s success in scientific studies.
Susan Darwin’s death [Oct 1866] has severed last ties of family with Shrewsbury.