From Richard Owen   15 March 1860

My dear Henslow,

I have signed the Deed appointing me your co-trustee in the settlement of worthy John Brown’s testamentary affairs; and trust I may have no unexpected reason to repent the step—To have you for a co-adjutor was my chief ground for taking it.

I return M. ^r Laing’s letter, and have written to him to say that I am prepared to add my signature to any Trust-document or receipt which bears your’s: and I suppose that this is really what is requisite to work the machinery for winding up the affairs.

Believe me, |Dear Henslow, |Ever truly yours, | R. ^d Owen.

I send by this Post a description of some odd African fossils, which I imagine may seem to D ⁿ to be one of the steps from the Crocodile to the Cat!