His health has improved but he continues "a good deal of an invalid" and is uncertain what the future holds for him.
His interest in entomology and ornithology continues; he has been studying the gulls on the Isle of Wight.
Morning Herald had an account of CD's 80 specimens of Mammalia and 450 birds at the Zoological Society.
John Gould has described new species in CD's Galapagos birds.
Much interest in CD's "Laurels".
Family news.
Thanks father for loan. Explains difficulty of acquiring the land through which the approach to Down House now runs.
Sends thanks for money.
Comments on treatment prescribed by his father.
Encloses notes by John Higgins with investment advice. Discusses advisability of investing in farmland in Lincolnshire. Cites advice of Sir John Lubbock concerning purchase of land.
"All about household and money matters." The family is now living on about £1000 per annum. Plans a new walk and additions to the house.
Mentions illness of Emma Darwin.
Comments on CL's Second visit to the United States [1849].
His water treatment by J. M. Gully.
CD's contribution ["Geology"] to J. W. Herschel's Manual of scientific enquiry [(1849), Collected papers 1: 227-50].
Has received plates. Gives instructions for scale and arrangement of engravings.
Thanks FG for book [The art of travel (1855)].
Is looking for a house in London for a month.
African fowls from Sierra Leone are pugnacious and amorous.
Asks JM for four copies of his Journal of researches [2d ed.] at wholesale price. Also asks for total number of copies sold.
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