WCP3079

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6. Royal Crescent — Bath

21^st January 1866

My dear Wallace,

I knew you to be so busy a man, that I did not expect to hear from you in reply to my last note.¹ This is merely to say I hope to find you in your new quarters² when I come to Town, [2] and some fine day should like to stroll through the Z. Gardens with you.

I hear from Crookshank³ that the Marchese Doria⁴ has been very successful with his collections, particularly in birds, he has found a species of grouse—

I shall go out [3] next winter, stay three months en route & reach Sarawak as the S. W. monsoon begins.

In haste,

your’s sinc[erel]y | J Brooke⁵ [signature]

Al. Wallace Esq.

P. S. The Tuan Mada's⁶ book is just out.⁷