WCP1731

Letter (WCP1731.1614)

[1]1

The Dell, Grays, Essex.

May 4th. 1875

Dear Sclater2

Nothing is more likely than that a monkey should be obtained from some native vessel at Aroe3, but if any thing is certain I consider it certain that no monkey is a native of Aroe.

Celebes is not an unlikely locality for a new macacus4purchased at Aru, since a large proportion of the [2] native traders come from Macassar and the neighbourhood.

Yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

P. L. Sclater Esq.

1
At the top of the page, above the addressee’s name, a large ‘X’ has be inscribed. To the right of this mark, and under Wallace’s address, the number 602 has been written and encircled. These inscriptions are not in Wallace’s hand-writing.
2
Philip Lutley Scalter (1829-1913). Zoologist and ornithologist. Secretary of the Zoological Society of London from 1860 to 1902.
3
Macaque, a primate genus.
4
Wallace is probably referring to present day Aru, a group of islands located in the easternmost region of the Indonesian province of Maluku. Wallace visited the islands in 1857.

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Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP1731.1614)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Cooper, Rod [2013-06-10]

Please cite as “WCP1731,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 29 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP1731