Dear Sir,

Before leaving Calcutta for England last April, M^r John Scott (of whose premature death you may have heard) put up in spirits two curious specimens of imperfectly developed young pigs.¹ These he took with him with the intention of giving them to you. Being in this country on a short holiday I went the other day to see the relative in whose house M^r Scott died & I there found the jar containing these specimens. I fear M^r Scott was too ill after his arrival in this country to write to you about them, but being anxious to carry out his intentions about them I have had them sent to you—² The specimens will explain themselves. Probably what will interest you most about them is the fact that the sow that gave birth to these has given birth to many litters of the same kind.

His friends have made over M^r Scotts papers to me & if I find amongst them any notes about these pigs I shall send them to you.

Believe me to be | Yrs faithfully | George King

C. Darwin Esq