My dear Price.

I thank you for your kind & sympathetic letter²   My brothers death is a great loss to all of us, especially to all my children, as his kindness & affection was unbounded.—³ He had become, I think, quite weary of life;—& thank God his suffering at the close was not severe & very short.

I am sorry that I cannot answer your question about the Dotterells, for my memory is a very poor one for small past events.— I remember going with you & Erasmus on ponies a long excursion to some extraordinary wild mountainous scenery but I can remember no more.⁴

We were all much pleased & interested by your friend M^rs Smith at Ullswater but I did not then know that she was your friend.⁵

I wish that you had told me something about your own health. & I most truly hope that you suffer less than formerly.

My health is better than it was but I shall never be fit for any great exertion.

My dear Price, | Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin.