Is glad CD likes the proofs; looks forward to the appearance of his work.
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Is glad CD likes the proofs; looks forward to the appearance of his work.
CD should soon receive woodcuts.
R. A. v. Kölliker would much like to visit CD.
Arranges to come to Down with R. A. v. Kölliker.
Sorry to hear of CD’s poor health.
Is hard at work examining Ceratodus.
Encloses discussion of Mus species with functionally prehensile tails.
Encloses argument against freshwater fish entering the sea.
Wants CD’s support for his application for post of Assistant Keeper in Zoological Department of British Museum.
Death of G. R. Gray.
Thanks for CD’s testimonial.
AG’s application for an appointment to Assistant Keeper at the British Museum.
O. Salvin will not be applying for the same post as AG.
Believes many of the species and even genera of the fish family Labyrinthici are products of domestication.
Events at the British Museum.
Has been appointed Assistant Keeper at the British Museum.
Many thanks for Expression. AG relates some relevant observations, the significance of which had previously escaped him.
Apologises for having given CD some unreliable information.
Signs Robert Swinhoe’s certificate [for the Royal Society] with pleasure.
Comments on several points in Descent,
doubts facts about Monacanthus brushes
and the two Cyprinidae males attending the female when spawning.
Thanks for recent edition of CD’s Journal of researches.
Has been appointed to a Keepership at British Museum.