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From:
William Benjamin Carpenter
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
9 April 1864
Source of text:
British Library, The: BL Add. 46439 ff. 3-4
Summary:
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Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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Lyell thinks an expedition should be sent to the caves in Borneo, supported by the sale of surplus specimens; thinks "our progenitors" may well be there.
Regrets that JS has left the [Edinburgh] Botanic Garden and that [J. D.] Hooker is not in a position to secure a foreign appointment for him. Offers financial assistance on the grounds of science.
Has sent JS a copy of the Reader.