CD did not bring any tortoises back from the Galapagos. There may be specimens at the Military Institution in Whitehall.

Sorry AG was unable to lunch with the Darwins during their stay in London.

Thanks AG for information [unspecified]; so trifling an error will not alter his opinion that AG is "the most accurate of men".

Asks AG to sign an enclosure [see 9291].

Has given in Descent 2: 12, an account from AG of the brushes on the sides of Monacanthus; has now learned of brush-like scales on the males of Mallotus. Asks whether the two genera are related.

Encloses a circular [9384?] to explain the predicament he is in. Asks whether AG can get anyone at the British Museum, other than Owen, to join J. E. Gray in signing.

Believes the account of the Mallotus in American Naturalist [5 (1871): 119] is trustworthy.

Invites AG to stay at Down.

Rejoices at AG’s "honourable & important" position [Keeper of the Zoological Department, British Museum].

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.

No summary available.

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

Anxious that AG should consider a memorial [for A. R. Wallace]. Makes arrangements to avoid delay.

Sends memorial [for A. R. Wallace] for AG to sign. Asks whether AG will forward it to Owen; CD cannot send it as he has not spoken to him for 20 years.

Asks how he can obtain a Museum post for his late brother’s butler, F. W. Surman.

Discusses position [at British Museum]. "My case is hopeless as my man [F. W. Surman] is 31 years old."