ARRIVAL OF FLAMINGOES 218 



To the same. 



'LUford: June 26, 1889. 



' I have this morning received ten Flamin- 

 goes from Port Said, all but one in very good 

 condition. If this lot thrives for a month I 

 shall have some to spare. They are very easy 

 to keep, only requiring shelter from cold winds 

 and snow in the winter; they do not require 

 more water than enough to give them a good 

 daily bath in summer. I will very gladly 

 present you with a pair, or give them to Kew 

 Gardens if they care to have them.' 



To the same. 



' Bournemouth : December 17, 1889. 



' I am reading poor Prince Rudolf's book. 

 He is full of mistakes about Spain, as might 

 be expected from his five or six weeks' rush 

 through the country. He credits me with a 

 statement which I certainly never made, and 

 contradicts Saunders on a point on which the 

 latter is perfectly correct. The whole book, as 

 far as I have read it, is the hasty production 

 of a very keen and intelligent, but hasty and 



