I am now working a
little, but having fresh collections still arriving from correspondents
in the East, it is principally the drudgery of cleaning, packing, and
arrangement.
On the opposite page I give all the information I can about the Timor
fossils, so that you can send it entire to Dr. Falconer.
With best wishes for the speedy recovery of your health, I remain, my
dear Mr. Darwin, yours very faithfully,
ALFRED R. WALLACE.
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_Down, Bromley, Kent, S.E. January 1, 1864._
Dear Wallace,--I am still unable to write otherwise than by dictation.
In a letter received two or three weeks ago from Asa Gray he writes: "I
read lately with gusto Wallace's expose of the Dublin man on Bee cells,
etc."[38]
Now though I cannot read at present, I much want to know where this is
published, that I may procure a copy. Further on Asa Gray says (after
speaking of Agassiz's paper on Glaciers in the _Atlantic Magazine_ and
his recent book entitled "Method of Study"): "Pray set Wallace upon
these articles." So Asa Gray seems to think much of your powers of
reviewing, and I mention this as it assuredly is _laudari a laudato_.
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