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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
George Edwards Comerford-Casey (formerly Casey)
Date:
13 August 1904
Source of text:
Forum Auctions (auction)
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Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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Is sorry to hear ARW's friend has not obtained employment in British Guiana, as it is difficult to make a living just from collecting specimens.
Is expecting Birch to stay so that he can work for 2 days at the museum.
His meeting with Frederick Birch. Discusses means of storing and conserving insect specimens.
Will ARW contribute an article of 2000 words for the general reader under the general title "stories from Nature".
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Offers advice in preparing for employment and on collecting in the tropics.
Advises about Birch's proposed expedition to Brazil, urging him not to go via Jamaica. Also discusses a forthcoming visit from Birch to Broadstone.
Advice on the importance of having an agent to handle the sale of specimens. Private buyers and museums are possible clients. Birch should check if bird skeletons are required.
More advice about Birch's proposed expeditions. There is a direct shipping line from Glasgow to the West Indies. Favours going via Trinidad.
Relates his impressions on returning to Oxford. Professor Poulton was exceedingly kind to him and Birch was able to make many sketches of insects.
Returns Birch's pen which he left behind when visiting, so that he may describe his trip to Oxford to ARW.
Gives advice on dealers and the advantages and disadvantages of dealing with personal dealers such as Druce, Janson, or Trevor compared to institutions such as the British Museum.
Discusses terms of a proposed collecting contract with Mr. Janson, bird collections at Tring, and spiritualism.
Discusses Birch's upcoming voyage and delay going via Jamaica. Mentions Mr. Janson as his agent but also discusses Mr Druce and Miss Lister?/Linden? of the British Museum.
Is relieved that Birch will not be travelling via Jamaica after all. Discusses collecting equipment and Humboldt's travels.
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Congratulates Birch on obtaining such a cheap passage and enquires the sailing date. Also mentions South American forests.