1887 LETTERS FROM ILKLEY 



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To recover from his pleuritic " Jubilee Honour " he 

 went for a fortnight (July 11-25) to Ilkley, which had done 

 him so much good before, intending to proceed to Switzer- 

 land as soon as he conveniently could. 



Ilkley, July 15, 1887. 



My dear Foster — I was very much fatigued by the journey 

 here, but the move was good, and I am certainly mending, 

 though not so fast as I could wish. I expect some adhesions 

 are interfering with my bellows. As soon as I am fit to travel 

 I am thinking of going to Lugano, and thence to Monte Gene- 

 roso. The travelling is easy to Lugano, and I know the latter 

 place. 



My notion is I had better for the present avoid the chances 

 of a wet, cold week in the high places. 



M.B.A.* ... As to the employment of the Grant, I think it 

 ought to be on something definite and limited. The Pilchard 

 question would be an excellent one to take up. 



seems to have a notion of employing it on some geo- 

 logical survey of Plymouth Sound, work that would take years 

 and years to do properly, and nothing in the way of clear result 

 to show. 



I hope to be in London on my way abroad in less than ten 

 days' time, and will let you know. — Ever yours very faithfully, 



T. H. Huxley. 



And on the same day to Sir J. Donnelly : — 



I expect . . . that I shall have a slow convalescence. Lucky 

 it is no worse ! 



Much fighting I am likely to do for the Unionist cause or 

 any other ! But don't take me for one of the enrages. If any- 

 body will show me a way by which the Irish may attain all they 

 want without playing the devil with us, I am ready to give them 

 their own talking-shop or anything else. 



But that is as much writing as I can sit up and do all at 

 once. 



* Marine Biological Association. 



