From John Evans   26 August 1860

Dear Prof ^r Henslow,

I send you a line in the hopes that it may reach you before you start tomorrow to say that M. de Perthes is in Edinburgh at the present time— He came over about Friday and Prestwich saw him. I think he stays over here a fortnight or three weeks— M ^r Prestwich desires his kind regards and agrees with me that you cannot do better than apply to M. Marcotte— he is also of the same opinion as I was about taking Amiens first— There is a place called Mantort & on the road from thence to Moysenville are some pits where flint imp. ^ts have been found[.] This about two miles from Abbeville and on the other side of the valley of the Somme and well worth particular attention[.] It is the last pit going up the Hill— We go to Hoxne tomorrow and I shall go from there on to Cromer & find my way back along the coast[.] We shall probably be here till the 25. ^th of Sep. ^t so that possibly some Sat ^y or Monday if you could come over we might meet here after your return— Believe me

yours very sincerely | John Evans

I hope you will have a pleasure trip the weather is improving

We went to see a curious Pleistocene deposit at Stutton near Manningtree yesterday with Cyresia Consobroca in abundance