My dear Father,

I have looked thro’ every number of the Philosophical Mag. for the last year & cannot find any translation of a paper by Delaunay; And Strutt who takes it in has not seen any thing and so I can do no more unless you can get another reference.¹ Strutt has been here since I have been up—but has gone away today as the Fellows’ meeting is over. I asked him about the Magnetic Storm business & he seemed to consider that any effect that cd be produced by the Sun’s energy in retarding the cooling of the earth must be utterly insignificant.²

My visit to Eton was a great success; I got down there are 11.30 & went & saw Rawlins, who shewed me all the lions.³ I don’t wonder at Etonians liking the the place, it is so divine. At 2 we went to luncheon (or dinner) & there I met 3 other masters 2 of whom I knew a little thro’ Cambridge, & the 4^th. was a nephew of Browning’s & of the same name.⁴ He is one of their shining lights & was an extremely pleasant man— he actually offered to give me a bed when I came there again.⁵ I had heard of him before thro’ Colvin.—⁶

After lunch I went & saw Browning’s house & a brother of a Cambridge man in it. And then R. & I took a loaf round Windsor Castle & I came back to London dined at Uncle Ras’⁷ & came on here.

I suppose Frank has written to you & told of his sprained ankle. He is just beginning to hobble about, & he is reading v. hard. Pryor seems quite indefatigable in coaching him.⁸

Last night Jim turned up at 8.30 & came & tea’d with me & Strutt dropt in & had tea   After tea L. & I talked such mathematics that it drove Jim away to Frank’s.⁹ Jim went off this m^g. at 1. after loafing about all the A.M.

That letter that was forwarded to me was from M^r. Hamilton telling me that the Solicitor M^r. Hollams was willing to take me for 6 mo^s.¹⁰

Bristowe¹¹ told me that I had better not go till after 6 mo^s. with a conveyancer. If you don’t think it giving too much bother I shd be v. much obliged if you wd write to Grove¹² (at once) & ask him whether he thinks it wd be good for me to go to a Solicitors taking into consideration the fact that I am going to Equity & that in all prob^y. the Solicitor would treat me just like any other clerk.

I saw the bust & am just a little disappointed¹³

The college has paid me a scholar’s dividend. Pollock a co-fellow with me told me that he had’nt got one & so I believed him¹⁴

Yrs | G H Darwin

Feb. 6. 69