WCP717

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Broadstone, Wimbor<ne>

July 17th. 1904.

My dear Fred¹

I enclose you a letter (the part that concerns you) from Prof. Poulton,² which you need not return. It contains some useful hints.

I have just heard from your sister (to whom I wrote) that your last lett<er> was in better spirits & that you w<ere> collecting well and fully occupie<d>.

I have nothing special to w add <to> any previous letters. We have had six weeks drought here, with on<ly> one days rain, & for the last w<eek> the heat has been great, and the sun-glare almost equal to that <in> the tropics. Tomorrow I am go<ing> for a week with my wife³ & son⁴ <for> a change into the mountain <in> [2] the Upper vale of Neath where the belt of Mountain limestone occurs, & there waterfalls in abundance & a subterranean river — a district I knew well and loved in my early youth. I am very well, and am getting on slowly with my "Autobiography."⁵

I am very glad to hear that you have recovered your health, and are fully occupied, which means, I hope [MS burned]es the Jungle folk said "Good-hunting."

I shall hope by next mail to have <a> short summary of your collecting <re>sults up to date. But mind and keep your strength up; don’t be afraid <of> eating too much, I don’t think you [MS burned] so that you can digest it, and in [MS burned]s of deficiency of wholesome food it <might> be well to keep plasmon biscuits <alw>ays by you. No doubt the are to be [MS burned] Port-of-Spain.

<Yours very> sincerely | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]