WCP651

[1]

24 Bloomsbury Street,

London W.C.

June 11th. 1863.

My Dear Sir

I should have written you long before this but I have been waiting in Vain for Mr A McNaughton of Edinburgh to pay me the am^t [amount] you spoke of, £32 I have written to him now 5 or 6 times altogether, latterly he has not replied to my letters & I am getting out of patience[.]¹ The am^t you owe me is £32 19/7 [2] and as I cannot get it from him will thank you to send the am^t direct or by the care of M^r Hewitson² or Prof. Westwood³ whom I presume are now at Vienna as they told me they expected to see you about this time, M^r Bates⁴ has selected for you a few Madagascan Butterflies from a Collection I received the am^t of them is £4.18 [.]

Shall I send you these Butterflies or wait 'till I get something more? —

I remain | Dear Sir | faithfully yrs | Samuel Stevens [signature]

D^r. Felder⁵

[3]

June 23.rd /63

Since writing the foregoing I have seen Mr Bates & he last week sent off the Butterflies & Moths from Madagascar with his & I also at the same time took the opportunity of sending you a few of Mr Wallace's duplicates from Sumatra comprising

1 Butterfly Papilio @ 7/

2 d. [ditto] @ 5/—

5 d. @ 3/

10 d. @ 2/

8 d. @ 1/6

Some of these would have been higher in price if they had been perfect[,] a few I regret are not but they are the best I have — [.]

I have not been able to look [4] out any Orthoptera to send to Bern Brunner⁶ on sale or return for of late I have been so very much engaged [.]

Mr Hewitson returned Safe last Thursday with Prof. Westwood & much pleased with their trip he called yesterday to see what new Butterflies I had for him & I regret to say none ^{has none}, had come in in his absence [.]