&T. 59.] TO CHARLES DARWIN. 599 
landing yesterday morning [Monday] early, on the 
thirteenth day. Very well for that vessel, the slowest 
of the line, and at this season, with much head wind. 
No gales, but some stiff breezes, and the vessel tum- 
bled and rolled about, to our discomfort. However, it 
is all over; and Mrs. G. and the other ladies, who 
suffered a good deal, are looking brighter again. 
My ty sends kind love to you nd all yours, and 
the young people, if they knew of my writing, would 
send kind and grateful messages. The voyage now 
seems to me only as a disturbed night’s sleep, dozing 
off in Old England to awake in the New. 
Ever yours affectionately, A. Gray. 
TO CHARLES DARWIN. 
Camprince, February 14, 1870. 
My pear Darwin, — Being eve of post-day we 
respond at once to yours of the 27th January — whie 
arrived this very morning —lest you should send us 
down to posterity with a fabulous dog-story. 
I well remember telling you of our “ Max”! and 
his habit of washing tcabbgslibii’ which you suggested 
might have come froin being brought up with a cat, 
and I think I told you that I had not been able to 
learn definitely whether that was the case orno. Here, 
you see, by some shuffling of memory, a suggestion of 
what might explain a Sue has taken the place of the 
fact itself. I am curious to know if it be true, for it 
is the only explanation I can think of. 
I trust you have some of the slender-leaved Drosera 
I sent through Hooker. 
Well, our homeward voyage was not a nice one, 
? Dr. Gray’s black and tan terrier, his loving companion for twelve 
ears. 
