My dear Hooker.

A letter from you is always one of my greatest pleasures.—¹ I enclose Haast, which I did not suppose you w^d. care to see.—² There was a printed address to the Phil. Soc. of Canterbury published some 6 or 12 months ago by Haast.—³ Was it this you wished to see?

I escaped vomiting yesterday & have felt these 2 days better. D^r. Brinton tells me that a little head-work not bad.⁴ D^r Gully writes again this morning to do nothing for 6 months.⁵ I presume I must observe & judge for self.— I am glad to hear about Willy.—⁶ Do not, my dear friend, write when much overworked. | C. D.

Of course use any & all Haast’s facts⁷

Who reviewed Lyell in Edinburgh in July last??? I inferred it was a real geologist, but one at least 100 years old.⁸ over

I daresay you have no other tendril-bearing plants.—⁹ over