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Sends the information about Rouse the tutor.

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CD’s sudden temporary failure of memory and his eczema are not serious and would be relieved by rest and good diet.

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An amusing description of his railway journey to Shrewsbury.

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Would like to come to Down on 20th or 21st.

Woolner is unwell.

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Expresses his pleasure at GHD’s degree.

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Observations on the first appearance of tears in a baby.

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Too late to observe baby’s tears.

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Crying in babies.

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Family news. Mainly concerned about Doddy’s [W. E. Darwin’s] health.

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The happy family life at Shrewsbury. CD is looking so well his father would not have known there was anything the matter with him. The year’s accounts come to £1380.

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Observed expression in her baby for CD.

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Observations on expression in her baby daughter.

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Family news from Shrewsbury.

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News of family and of his stay at Shrewsbury.

Calculates the newly instituted income tax will mean £30 per annum.

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Is "stomachy and be-blue-devilled" because of costs of publishing [Zoology and Coral reefs]. Wonders how the remainder [of the Zoology and Geology of "Beagle"] can be published without taking £200 or £300 out of their personal funds.

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Sends a translation of two sentences [on floral structure] as requested by Henrietta Darwin.

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Pleased to come on 17th.

Is arranging the Aucuba experiment.

Sends some letters for CD’s perusal.

Asks what CD thinks of Huxley’s address [Q. J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 25 (1869): xxviii–liii].

Would be glad to have Drosophyllum plants.

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Thinks J. D. Hooker and Asa Gray will not be able to visit Down until after the 12th.

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News of the Shrewsbury family. He cannot get his father to sympathise with the numbness in his finger ends or his fears of "ruin and extravagance".

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Arrangements for Emma’s return to Down.

CD has been "wonderfully strong".