Written from Down, Bromley, Kent. Manuscript, in a different hand [?Emma Darwin's], signed by Charles Darwin
Proboscis-like prolongation of snouts is more common [in pigs] than in any other animal; Maw should write to W.H. Flower Esq [William Henry Flower], curator of the College of Surgeons, to ask if they would like the specimen; the elephant's visit to the sow before the birth of the deformed piglet is mere coincidence [Maw proposed that the terror of encountering an elephant had caused the sow to birth an elephant-like piglet]; if Maw finds organic remains in the geological Drift beds of North Wales it will be an interesting discovery; he is very unwell. Dated 4 Jun [1865; the subject matter matches letters written by George Maw to Charles Darwin dated 1865]. With envelope
For a photocopy of a letter from George Maw to Charles Darwin written on 1 Jun 1865 see MAW/Z1/1-13