WCP3579

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Old Orchard

Broadstone

Wimborne

Nov[embe]r. 12th 1908

Dr J Scott Keltie

Dear Dr Keltie

Having now sent off the last proof of Dr Spruces, "Notes of a Botanist", to the printers, I am empowered by Spruces Executes to offer to the R[oyal] Geog[raphical] Society some of the unused MSS and notes that I have had here the last two years.

[1] These are, a quantity of love "notes" in a Portfolio, on Tarapoto, East Peru, which were evidently prepared as the outlines or rather hints, for a volume on the subject, to be filled up from his memory. They would perhaps be useful [2] to any future traveller, with local knowledge, who might be able to obtain a few facts and hints from there.

[2] Several MSS books of Meteorological Observations, made during his 14 years residence in S[outh]. America. There may be of permanent value, to supplement other observations.

[3] A considerable quantity of vocabularies of Indian languages with portions of grammars and general information: apparently very awfully made. It seems to me that there would be better ^preserved all together, if the R[oyal].G[eographical].S[ociety] is disposed to accept them, and keep them for the use of any workers of [3] the subject. I mean to make the fact known that they possess them, by including them in some Catalogue of Library or other suitable position. I should think the vocabularies and the summaries of the Meteorological Observations which Spruce had made apparently ready for the press- would be worth printing by the Society.

Shall I send you them for your inspection?

Yours very truly | Alfred W Wallace (signature)