Bates, H. W. to Darwin, C. R.
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Thanks CD for returned MS and letter with its good opinion. Asks CD to write to Murray.
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King St Leicester
25 Jan
My Dear Sir
I found the returned M.S & your kind letter when I came home after
8 days stay in town chiefly occupied by studies relative to the travels. I hope your good opinion of the 2
I will not write more at the present time— The complaint which I heard in London has afflicted your family has extended to here— I am now suffering from a kind of influenza with some symtoms of an old ague but it has not upset me completely at present
Yours sincerely | H W Bates
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Bates refers to the manuscript of the second chapter of his book describing his experiences as a naturalist in the Amazon region of South America, which he had sent to CD for comment (see letter to H. W. Bates, 13 January [1862]). - +
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CD had offered to write to his publisher, John Murray, recommending Bates's manuscript (see Correspondence vol. 9, letter to H. W. Bates, 25 September [1861]). Murray published the work the following year (Bates 1863). - +
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According to Henry Holland, influenza was `very rife both in London & the country' (see letter from Henry Holland, 15 January [1862]).