Transcription: "Dear Bates Will you kindly do me a favour? Mr Blyth tells me that in 23d vol. of your R. G. Journal, there is a letter from Commander Show moreTranscription: "Dear Bates Will you kindly do me a favour? Mr Blyth tells me that in 23d vol. of your R. G. Journal, there is a letter from Commander [R/B?]utakoft to Sir R. Murchison, in which the tameness of the deer on recently visited Isld. in Lake Aral is mentioned. Now if passage is quite short, will you have it copied for me, with man's name—proper volume, date, of vol. & page. If passage is long, can you send me Vol. by Post & it shall soon be returned, as I want it soon. Forgive me troubling you & believe me, Dear Bates, Yours very sincerely, Ch. Darwin" Letter, signed by sender to [Henry Walter Bates. Sent from Down House, near Beckenham, Kent, England. The Robert M. Stecher Collection of Charles Darwin Books and Manuscripts Show less