DEAR SIR:—

I have now gone through all the cirripedes in the house, and I find some half dozen specimens (including some bottles) belonging to poor Thompson.² None of these are of much value, excepting as being (at least some of them) rare as Irish.

I have also a few M.S. notes. Will you be so kind as to say how I shall send them. They are rather too heavy & being glass not fit to go by post. and they are not worth the carriage of so long a journey. Is there anywhere in London where they could lie till other objects accumulated? I am sorry to cause this trouble but would be much obliged if you could send me a line. Unfortunately I cannot say positively that I shall be at Liverpool;³ otherwise that probably would have been a good way of transmitting the specimens.

Pray believe me | Dear Sir | Yours sincerely | C. DARWIN