My dear Sir

I shall be happy to see the members of the Association here tomorrow, & I heartily wish that the place was more attractive than it is.—² Perhaps I c^d. make a few remarks to the members on the Natural History of the district, which might interest them slightly,— anything of much interest I could not say. As the party will be rather large I think the best plan will be to receive them in the drawing room, which opens into a rather large verandah & I will have benches in the garden close in front, & by these together everybody will, I hope, be able to rest a little.³

My dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Charles Darwin