Dear M^r Darwin

I enclose you M^r Dallas reply respecting your Index—wch reads satisfactorily—so I hope no delay will arise from that quarter.²

It is odd that the passage to wch I referred you in your proofs—now eludes my search but it occurs very near to the note, wch you have very properly veiled in Latin.³

M^r Clowes has kept me waiting for his estimate of the cost of Electrotypes— I can now inform you that I will supply the set of 62 cuts for £14"   They will cost £7" & the surplus will go to diminish our expenses for Illustrations⁴

You shall have 4 sets of the sheets as fast as they are worked off— I hope you have arranged to receive something handsome from the Americans—in return for this advantage, wch I have given over to you with the desire that you sh^d benefit. The Yankee publisher cannot fail to gain.⁵ I have also a request from Holland for a set for a Dutch Translation—⁶ What do you say to this?

I remain My Dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | John Murray

Charles Darwin Esq