Cambridge Observation | Oct. 25th 1862.
My dear Tyndall,
The shirt1 duly arrived, and very fortunately before it had been missed, so that I had taken no steps towards procuring a search warrant. I am delighted to hear that you have so completely got rid of the effects of your accident,2 but let me counsel you to be cautious for some little time to come not to expose your muscles to any extra strain, as time is an important element in the reconsolidation of the tissues. Therefore defer your challenge to Deerfoot,3 and when the contest comes off may I be there to see.
Yours very truly, | J.C Adams.
RI MS JT/1/TYP/1/3
shirt: Tyndall had borrowed a shirt from Adams while in Cambridge for a lecture (see letter 1932, n. 6; and for an indication of Adams’ hospitality toward Tyndall, see letter 1930).
your accident: see letter 1933, n. 1.
Deerfoot: Deerfoot Red-Jacket (1828–97), or Hut-goh-so-do-neh in his native Seneca language, and also known as Lewis Bennet, was a talented long-distance runner from the United States. He visited England on a running tour in 1861 becoming something of a sensation (E. P. Tanner, ‘Deerfoot’, in A. Johnson and D. Malone (eds), Dictionary of American Biography (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1930), vol. 5, p. 194).
Please cite as “Tyndall1939,” in Ɛpsilon: The John Tyndall Collection accessed on