From George King   21 November 1881

My dear Sir,

I beg to offer you my best thanks for the copy of your delightful book on Earthworms which you were so kind as to send me.¹ The reading of it has set me to observe worms here. And, as they may still be of interest to you, I am now collecting specimens of the kinds that occur in this part of the Himalaya (Sikkim). These I hope to despatch to you after I return to Calcutta (a week or two hence) as I have not the means of packing them properly here. I shall also send you a few notes about the specimens.

I am delighted to find, from your kind letter of 21^st October, just received, that the drawing of dischidia interested you so much. I am sure the specimen itself must interest you more, & I trust it reached you in good condition.² I wish I could see Dischidia growing wild & so have an opportunity of observing its habits & those of the insects that frequent the pitchers. Poor J Scott & I did our best to keep alive a plant sent from Eastern Bengal to the Bot Garden Calcutta, but we utterly failed.³

Believe me to be | Yrs very sincerely | George King

Charles Darwin Esq