From W. D. Fox   [before 26 October 1865]1

⁠⟨⁠two pages missing⁠⟩⁠ with you then.

I took my 2d Boy Charles to Oxford last week. I sho⁠⟨⁠uld⁠⟩⁠ much h⁠⟨⁠a⁠⟩⁠ve preferred Cambridge—but a⁠⟨⁠s⁠⟩⁠ he was fortunate enough to g⁠⟨⁠a⁠⟩⁠in a Studentship at Ch⁠⟨⁠rist⁠⟩⁠ ⁠⟨⁠Chur⁠⟩⁠ch2 I had no ⁠⟨⁠    ⁠⟩⁠ ⁠⟨⁠half a page missing⁠⟩⁠ ⁠⟨⁠    ⁠⟩⁠ think of you, my p⁠⟨⁠  ⁠⟩⁠ ⁠⟨⁠    ⁠⟩⁠, with your sad health, while I ⁠⟨⁠ha⁠⟩⁠ve a perfectly enjoyabl⁠⟨⁠e⁠⟩⁠ life— tho my lungs are rather ⁠⟨⁠r⁠⟩⁠otten

I met a splen⁠⟨⁠di⁠⟩⁠d man for a couple of d⁠⟨⁠ay⁠⟩⁠s l⁠⟨⁠ast⁠⟩⁠ week

The date is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to W. D. Fox, 25–6 October [1865].
Charles Woodd Fox matriculated at Christchurch College, Oxford, on 13 October 1865 (Alum. Oxon.).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-4903,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-4903