CD is unwell.
FitzRoy has dispatched two casks of bones and stones, a box with "very valuable specimens", and a large jar.
My dear Henslow
I have been unwell & am not yet out of bed. I write to tell you that Capt.
FitzRoy sent, a week ago, by H.M.S. Samarang through
I will write soon again when I am well. Dear Henslow | Yours affectionately | Chas. Darwin *S 2
- f1 258.f1This was written before CD completed the letter begun on 24 July (letter to J. S. Henslow, 24 July -- 7 November 1834).