The following letter is one of the earliest of the long series addressed to Mr.Huxley.) Down, April 23rd [1854].
My dear Sir I have got out all the specimens, which I have thought could by any possibility be of any use to you; but I have not looked at them, and know not what state they are in, but should be much pleased if they are of the smallest use to you.

I enclose a catalogue of habitats: I thought my notes would have turned out of more use.

I have copied out such few points as perhaps would not be apparent in preserved specimens.

The bottle shall go to Mr.Gray on Thursday next by our weekly carrier.
I am very much obliged for your paper on the Mollusca (33/2.

The paper of Huxley's is "On the Morphology of the Cephalous Mollusca, etc." ("Phil.