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Haaf Cottage

Yelverton

S. Devon

Apr. 12. 1904

Dear Sir

Many thanks for Mag[?]: and your mention of my name; which however is unfortunately given as J.H. instead of F.H. If you can get this corrected I should be glad as many of my old patients would be interested in seeing my name, who would not recognise J.H. at all. Also I have a small work on the "Hist. of the Jaws" (Modern) from an evolutionist's stand point, which I may publish and every little ^notice helps.

I have read your article so far [2] and am much interested in your location of the "Palace" which I shall look up. There is, in an earlier story, that of one of the three Calendars, in somewhat similar account of a Palace of Secluded Ladies, which I have thought might have been taken from some Eastern nunⁿery nunnery. The life in this Palace was more in accordance with the morals in the Palace you describe and was of the most scandalous character: so much so that it almost seemed to me that Hasan's adventure was put in as an intentional corrective. Note[?] his pure life with the Sisters the insistence on the marriage ceremony, Hasan's perfect fidelity and devotion to one wife and his virtuous resolutions when trying to identify his wife amongst the bathing women [3] in the Wāḳ-wāḳ island.

The place ^{on the coast} where Bahram Barham first landed him before taking him might perhaps be identified by the beach; which it says was of black red and white stones.

I have much pleasure in sending you the Century Mag! and shall have much pleasure in reading your book on "Man's Place in Nature the Universe"; which I have not seen.

I have had my little try at that also, ^{in a restricted sense,} and enclose send you a copy. It was not much of a success; but the chapters IX & X may give you some information in my own line.

I shall look out for the 2^nd part of your paper with interest

Yours truly | F.H. Balkwill¹ [signature]