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sea water on wood, and on the mode in which these vegetable 

 remains may become embedded, etc. etc., and I want to get you 

 to tell me where I can find information on submerged forests in 

 general, so as to see to what points one can best direct one's 

 attention, and to suggest any inquiries that may strike yourself. 



I do not see how the stumps can occur in this position with- 

 out direct sinking of the land, and that such a sinking should 

 have occurred tallies very well with some other facts which 

 I have observed as to the nature of the bottom at considerable 

 depths here. 



We had the jolliest cruise in the world by Oxford, War- 

 wick, Kenilworth, Stratford, Malvern, Ross, and the Wye, 

 though it was a little rainy, and though my wife's strength sadly 

 failed at times. 



Still she was on the whole much better and stronger than 

 I had any right to expect, and although I get frightened every 

 now and then, yet there can be no doubt that she is steadily 

 though slowly improving. I have no fears for the ultimate 

 result, but her amendment will be a work of time. We have 

 really quite settled down into Darby and Joan, and I begin to 

 regard matrimony as the normal state of man. It's wonderful 

 how light the house looks when I come back weary with a day's 

 boating to what it used to do. 



I hope Mrs. Hooker is well and about again. Pray give her 

 our very kind regards, and believe me, my dear Hooker, ever 

 yours, T. H. Huxley. 



At Tenby he stayed on through August and September, 

 continuing his occupations of the previous summer, dredg- 

 ing up specimens for his microscope, and working partly 

 for his own investigations, partly for the Geological Survey. 



