Letter regarding specimens from Australia that were sent to the Reptile House
Letter regarding a request for animals from Dunkwa for the Zoological Society of London
Correspondence between I A Mensah and George Soper Cansdale regarding collecting animals in Jema
Correspondence between K S Morris and George Soper Cansdale regarding the Protopterus which arrived at the Zoological Society of London from Cambridge
Correspondence between J Nicol and George Soper Cansdale regarding Anscocolor films, finances of the Zoological Society of London and lectures by Cansdale
Correspondence between the Secretary of Agriculture in South Africa and George Soper Cansdale regarding Afrikaner Cattle for Whipsnade
Correspondence between Anthony Smith and George Soper Cansdale regarding The Oxford University Expedition to Persia
Correspondence between A F C A Van Heyst and George Soper Cansdale regarding spare Rheas for the Duke of Bedford
Correspondence between M G Yearsley and George Soper Cansdale regarding the collecting of animals for the Zoological Society of London
Belgrave Mansions S[outh?]
My dear Hodgson
I had a talk with G. Marshall today about your portfolios from wh[ich] he seems to have already abstracted such memoranda as [?] on the [Capitonida?] wh[ich] is the [work?] he has in hand. The rest of the contents of y[ou]r collection he wishes to catalogue for Hume's benefit and such a catalogue is a [?] for the [?] of naturalists generally. He hopes to find time for clarifying and cataloguing all y[ou]r drawings before he leaves England and in the interval will get Hume's reply to the letter wh[ich] he has written [explaining?] all that he has seen at Alderley. We both think that [regard?] being had to his own available space you had better send me portfolio at a time. He will write to you himself on this subject. I don't think from the tenor of our conversation that Hume's [?] book presents itself to him in a more definite shape than it does to me. But there appear to be some printed sheets of the work on their way to Engl[and] and these will show us something of the plan and if you approve of this and Hume expresses a wish to profit by your notes for the rest of his book you can hereafter supply him with the materials he requires. This methinks w[oul]d be preferable to sending out all yr portfolios indiscriminately. Marshall is evidently incorrect and may be relied on for [?] that he undertakes. He expects to publish his first [no?] of the Barbets on the 1st prox[imity]. I shall not be able to visit you for another fortnight or 3 weeks - My daughter Mrs [Strepwell?] will have I find to leave London to seek a milder climate in the I. of Wight. I have been looking at the so called Maracus Pelops in the Zoo, the animal is quite different from that I believe you to have described. I s[houl]d like to see from figures and notes of all the monkees your collection may contain. You might put these with the first portfolio wh[ich] you send up to us.
With Kind Regards to
Mrs. H.
Ever Y[our]s S[incerel]y
A. Grote