Writes of WED’s progress at school and events at home.
Discusses pigeons, with which he is "getting on splendidly".
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Writes of WED’s progress at school and events at home.
Discusses pigeons, with which he is "getting on splendidly".
There is a possibility of establishment of a Government Museum at Calcutta, with which the Asiatic Society Museum would be merged. EB would like the curatorship but fears other possible applicants. Asks CD to represent him to W. H. Sykes.
Discusses the ancients’ awareness of various cats as deduced from the etymology of their names.