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Hurstpierpoint.

Sept. 25, 1865.

My dear Hanbury /

Many thanks for your letter, for the pills, & for the Daily News¹. I was much interested with the Review of the Correspondence of Varnhagen von Ense² with Humboldt³.

I suppose your skin to be that of the Jaguár (Felis onça L.), called Tigre by the Spanish-Americans — onça by the Brazilians.

I am surprised to hear that the insects sent me by Destruge⁴ are Wasps — I thought he said they were longicorn beetles. If they are really the large predacious wasps, you had better keep them yourself, for they are interesting.

I ought to write to Mr Deane⁵, but writing or any other occupation is still such hard work for me that I am sure he will excuse me for the present, if you will kindly remember me to him and thank him for his letter & for the "Chemist and Druggist"⁶ containing his speech, which I have read with much interest. It is a [2] pleasure to come across Mr. Deane in any way — there is something so frank & hearty in everything he says & does.

I was somewhat scandalised to see in the just-mentioned periodical a mention of yourself as a "roving pharmaceutist"⁷.

Wallace is expected here today on a visit to the Mitten[']s ♀⁸

Yours ever truly | Rich^d Spruce [signature]

D[aniel]. Hanbury Esq.

My Yorkshire friend Teasdale⁹ promised to send me the 'Examiner'¹⁰ to your care — if he does so pray forward it on — the paper being already stamped needs no other stamp.