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Glad the house and cottage are completed. Hopes there is a good-sized garden with the cottage.
Please remember himself and CD to FH’s father, John Higgins.
Asks for investment advice.
Amount of clay present in certain chalk samples.
Worm action at Stonehenge.
Thanks for letter [8137]. Finds observation at Stonehenge of depth of mould at different parts of slope "most valuable".
Sends comments on his diagram of Stonehenge. Will go to Beaulieu.
Thanks WED for checking through the proofs of a new [6th] edition of Origin.
Discusses earthworm activity observed in old ploughed fields.
Gives information on recent editions of Lyell’s works.
David Forbes thinks WED’s chalk samples have been penetrated by surface mud.
Sends dirt residue of chalk samples for David Forbes to examine.
Received copy of Origin 6th ed. Has had trouble with worm measurements at Winchester.
Asks WED to direct bearer of letter to CD, as he has an address [memorial from men of science to W. E. Gladstone] for him to sign.
Is delighted to receive expression. Some comments on swallowing and scratching. Asks to be sent reviews.