[[1]]
Dear Darwin
I have but time to acknowledge the receipt of your excellent letter, most delighted I
was to receive it, & will prepare an answer embodying much news on the points
you direct attention to, from Hodgson, he is reading your journal with great delight
& has given me some excellent pamphlets on breeds &c. for you from As[iatic].
So[ciety]. Jo[urnal]. Do you know Pallas Memoir on degeneration of animals -- a
work not to be procured I suppose. I chiefly write to tell you that I never was in
better health; have lost all my pains & ailments. Falconer has been very unwell -is better much -- trying to commute English time into service (i.e. washing Ethiop.
&c).! -- How heartily I wish you were all well & not only so little better as you
announce yourself. Thats a startling fact about Barnacles ♂ ♀. I am rejoiced at
your work progressing.
I will write you by next mail, but must break away now. Sincere regards to Mrs
D[arwin]. & love to the bairns. Your affectionate friend | Jos D Hooker. [signature]
July 24 [1848],
Darjeeling due N[orth]. of Calcutta, 27 N[orth]W[est]., in Sikim [Sikkim] Himalayah
40' S[outh]. of crest of Himal. i.e. of [part of mss. missing] 28178 ft. now & now
only known to be [part of mss. missing] <h>ighest in the world!. The
measurements of <Su>rv[eyor]. Gen[eral]. announced yesterday!!! were made last
season.
[[2]] C Darwin Esqr | Down | Bromley | Kent
Enclosed to Wheatstone
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