My dear Sir

I write in great anxiety about the parcel of cirripedes.— I received your letter of Nov. 16^th a few days ago.—and I immediately wrote to the agents of the Pomona Steamer¹ to enquire if any parcel had arrived addressed to me 7. Park St. Grosvenor Square; this morning I have received an answer stating that the Pomona arrived on the 20^th & that there was no package on board for me.— I most earnestly hope it may have been left at Copenhagen will you make enquiries.— I will write again to agents here to ask whether there was any package addressed to any name like mine— I am deeply grieved about this.— Pray thank Prof. Steentrup most cordially for his letter, I will write to him in a short time.—²

I find from his letter there was a specimen of Alepas squalicola, which is the cirripede of all others in the world, I wish most to dissect.—³ How anxious I shall be to hear from you— You had better insist upon the agents in Copenhagen writing to the London Agents.— It is a terrible loss—

In Haste | Yours most gratefully | C. Darwin

Pray communicate to Prof. Steentrup about the parcel; how I do hope it may have been forgotten to have been shipped.— I sh^d be most grateful to Prof. Steentrup for the Greenland cirripedes—but I will write to him.—

I am so sorry to cause you all this trouble, after your extreme kindness to me.—

When I hear from you again that it was actually shipped—I will put an advertisement in Times newspaper, & offer large reward for recovery of Parcel