Letter 4903 — Fox, W. D. to Darwin, C. R., [before 26 Oct 1865]

<two pages missing> with you then.

I took my 2^d Boy Charles to Oxford last week. I sho<uld> much h<a>ve preferred Cambridge—but a<s> he was fortunate enough to g<a>in a Studentship at Ch<rist> <Chur>ch^f2 I had no <    > <half a page missing> <    > think of you, my p<  > <    >, with your sad health, while I <ha>ve a perfectly enjoyabl<e> life— tho my lungs are rather <r>otten

I met a splen<di>d man for a couple of d<ay>s l<ast> week

Footnotes

f1

The date is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to W. D. Fox, 25–6 October [1865].

f2

Charles Woodd Fox matriculated at Christchurch College, Oxford, on 13 October 1865 (Alum. Oxon.).