I would come to dinner at about same time as before, if that would suit you, and I do not hear to the contrary; and would go away by the early train--i.e., about 9 o'clock.

I find my present work tries me a good deal, and sets my heart palpitating, so I must be careful.

But I should so much like to see Henslow, and likewise meet Lindley if the fates will permit.

You will see whether there will be time for any criticism in detail on my MS.

before dinner: not that I am in the least hurry, for it will be months before I come again to Geographical Distribution; only I am afraid of your forgetting any remarks.
I do not know whether my very trifling observations on means of distribution are worth your reading, but it amuses me to tell them.
The seeds which the eagle had in [its] stomach for eighteen hours looked so fresh that I would have bet five to one that they would all have grown; but some kinds were ALL killed, and two oats, one canary-seed, one clover, and one beet alone came up! Now I should have not cared swearing that the beet would not have been killed, and I should have fully expected that the clover would have been.