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he does not seem so in his letters to me; but is evidently 

 deeply interested in the subject. I do not think your share 

 in the theory will be overlooked by the real judges, as 

 Hooker, Lyell, Asa Gray, &c. I have heard from Mr. Sclater 

 that your paper on the Malay Archipelago has been read 

 at the Linnean Society, and that he was extremely much 

 interested by it. 



I have not seen one naturalist for six or nine months, 

 owing to the state of my health, and therefore I really have 

 no news to tell you. I am writing this at Ilkley Wells, where 

 I have been with my family for the last six weeks, and shall 

 stay for some few weeks longer. As yet I have profited 

 very little. God knows when I shall have strength for my 

 bigger book. 



I sincerely hope that you keep your health ; I suppose that 

 you will be thinking of returning* soon with your magni- 

 ficent collections, and still grander mental materials. You 

 will be puzzled how to publish. The Royal Society fund will 

 be worth your consideration. With every good wish, pray 

 believe me, 



Yours very sincerely, 



CHARLES DARWIN. 



P.S. I think that I told you before that Hooker is a 

 complete convert. If I can convert Huxley I shall be 

 content. 



C. Darwin to W. D. Fox. 



Ilkley, Yorkshire, 

 Wednesday [November i6th, 1859]. 



I like the place very much, and the children have 



enjoyed it much, and it has done my wife good. It did H. 

 good at first, but she has gone back again. I have had a 

 series of calamities ; first a sprained ankle, and then a badly 



* Mr. Wallace was in the Malay Archipelago, 



