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To [Otago University]   [16 February 1880]1

From my knowledge of Mr Skertchleys works, I consider him a very able observer, & well fitted to fill any post such as he now seeks.2 I have been much str by the ability shown in his books.

ADraft

1
The date is established by and the addressee conjectured from the relationship between this letter and the telegram from S. B. J. Skertchly, 16 February [1880].

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

1.1 a very] pencil, above del ‘an very’
1.2 such … books. 1.3] added pencil, in hand of amanuensis above del pencil ‘in connection with the Natural Sciences’

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-12492,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-12492