Has signed certificates.

His specimen catalogue has not been returned from Cambridge museum. If not lost, will answer query.

Discusses spider specimens.

Pigeons’ skins dispatched today.

Sends MS about pigeons.

Thanks AG for his kind note and returns his good wishes.

Delighted with proofs of illustrations [for Descent]. Hopes AG is pleased with them, as they illustrate facts given on his authority.

Is glad CD likes the proofs; looks forward to the appearance of his work.

Invites AG to Down for a weekend with A. Newton, R. Swinhoe, and Hooker.

CD should soon receive woodcuts.

R. A. v. Kölliker would much like to visit CD.

Expresses his "unbounded admiration" for Mr Ford’s woodcuts [for Descent]. Thanks AG for his kindness.

Arranges to come to Down with R. A. v. Kölliker.

Asks AG to identify the species of Triton Mr Ford has drawn.

AG’s help has turned CD’s chapter on fishes and reptiles from "much the worst" into "one of the best" [in Descent].

Invites AG to stay at Down. Winwood Reade and, he hopes, Hooker and Robert Swinhoe will be there.

Sends some questions [missing].

Bad health has prevented him from working for six weeks.

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.

Thanks AG for answer about Galaxias.

Asks him to mention questions about the ears of Mus to other naturalists.

Will send another copy of Chauncey Wright’s pamphlet [Darwinism (1871)].

AG has proved Ceratodus to be a "wonderfully interesting creature" ["Descripton of Ceratodus", Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 161 (1871): 511–72].

Wants CD’s support for his application for post of Assistant Keeper in Zoological Department of British Museum.

Death of G. R. Gray.

Encloses a testimonial for AG [in support of his application for a promotion at British Museum].

Does he agree with Carl Gegenbaur’s paper on the limbs of fish [Jenaische Z. Naturwiss. 5 (1870): 397–447]?

Asks what caused G. R. Gray’s sudden death.

Thanks for CD’s testimonial.