My dear Sir,

I am very much obliged for your kind present of the Geology of N. Zealand, with its many admirable illustrations which I have looked at with much interest. I shall be particularly glad to read about the old glaciers.¹ Every thing about so isolated a spot is indeed highly interesting to every naturalist. The extent to which Science is cultivated in N. Zealand always excites my admiration

I remain, my dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | Charles Darwin