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WCP3822

Letter (WCP3822.3740)

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Pen-y-bryn, St. Peter’s Rd., Croydon.

Feby 17th. 1881

Dear Mr. Dyer1

Many thanks for the copy of Sir Joseph Hooker’s2 Botany of Kerguelen Island.3

I have a large piece of bark cloth from the Moluccas as beaten out from a tree, forming a cylindrical piece about 5 ft. long and 7ft.6in in circumference. Would it be any use to you for the Museum or have you plenty such? I have also a bamboo harp from Timor, which I would send if of any interest.

Yours faithfully | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

W. T Thiselton-Dyer Esq.

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1
Thiselton-Dyer, William Turner (1843-1928). Leading British botanist, and the third director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
2
Hooker, Joseph Dalton (1817-1911). British botanist and explorer. Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 1865-85. President of the Royal Society 1873-78.
3
Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1879. An account of the botanical collections made in Kerguelen's Island during the Transit of Venus Expedition in the years 1874-75. London: Royal Society,
4
In Thistleson-Dyer’s handwriting, “accepted Feb. 21.81. Recd & Thanked March 12/81”. See WCP2055 https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2055

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Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP3822.3740)]

For more information about the transcriptions and metadata, see https://wallaceletters.myspecies.info/content/epsilon

Revision history

Transcribed by Rosen, Gabriel [2013-07-16] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-07-16] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Enclosure (WCP3822.3741)

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Pandanus-leaf steeping mat, from New Guinea.

Entire piece of bark cloth, Bouru

Bamboo harp— Timor.

Presented to the Kew Museum by Alfred R. Wallace

Specimens placed in museum

G. R. I

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Enclosure (WCP3822.3741)]

For more information about the transcriptions and metadata, see https://wallaceletters.myspecies.info/content/epsilon

Revision history

Transcribed by Rosen, Gabriel [2013-07-16] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-07-16] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3822,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3822