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NZSL/BUC/1/87 · Item · 17 Jun 1880
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Berlin
June 17th 1880

My dear Sir

Allow me most heartily to congratulate you on your success here. I have had great pleasure in looking over your exhibit, though I do know most of the objects, having seen them in company with yourself. I have just returned from the presentation of prizes
by the Crown Prince, and had great pleasure in hearing your name honourably mentioned as the winner of a gold medal. I was still more pleased to hear from Herr v Bunsen that you are vy much better. I sincerely hope you will vy soon be in your usual
good health again. I am making some WORD observations here which are proving vy interesting. You, and Mr Walpole shall have the result when I pass through London on my way home

With kind regards, and best wishes for your speedy recovery
Believe me
Yours truly

NZSL/BUC/1/79 · Item · 17 [Jun] 1869
Part of Non-ZSL Collections

Eversley Rectory
Winchfield

[June?] 17/69

My dear Mr. Buckland

I have been in such trouble and anxiety (all right now, thank God) that I have overlooked your letter. Many thanks for the Fisheries report most valuable full of sound sense: but what stupid people the English are. They will not see that Salmon food is a great national questions, like the cornlaws and must be carries, every one fielding his private rights for the common good. I have not read [?] [?] but I will. Meanwhile I beg to report to you [?] [?] to [?] My second specimen of Coronella Lovis, Coronella Austriaca. I suspect that he was at one time not uncommon here but killed by turf cutters as a Viper. He seems confined to these S. Eastern [moors?]. He may be an old pre-glacial form, as these moors were not submerged after the beginning of the glacial epoch, but as he has not spread over, side by side with the Natterjacks on my lawn, [?] late, just before the Straits of Dover were eaten through.

Yours ever

[C. Kingsley?]

NZSL/BUC/1/66 · Item · 9 Dec 1845
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My dear Sir

I have received and I need not say with much thankfulness your Lecture on the Potato Disaster and its Remedies which you had the great kindness to direct to me. The malady is so dreadful and the manner in which you have treated it, is so admirable that I am at a loss to tell you with how much interest I have read it and how greatly I feel myself indebted to you on the occasion. Here in Norfolk, I am much happy to say, the disaster does not appear to be by any means so prevalent or destructive as in most other places. Different people give me very different statements; but on the whole I quite infer that not a fourth part of the crop is destroyed. Lord Gosford too writes me work from Armagh that, tho in the varying reports brought him, he can [?] to no certain result he has reason to hope the evil has been greatly exaggerated by report; and so will send [?] from the [opposite?] County of Cork, that even if it amounts to a third, which he doubts, there is still no ground for doom inasmuch as they always exported that proportion of their produce to England. You give me great comfort by the assurance that the disease, is not new but frequent in Canada, on which point I will write to Lord Gosford and try to learn somewhat from [?] [?] whom I expect here tomorrow, and it is needless to add that, if I have anything likely to interest you, I will not fail to communicate it. But your lecture is so charming and full of interest from beginning to end, that if I want to allow myself to set about praising you here, thanking you there, and in another place begging for information or expressing a doubt I feel I shd never have done. One only point I therefore will mention, if I do it in [?] quality of another of the Lichenographic Brittanica and consequently jealous for the honour of the Lichens that, if my memory serves and Sir John Franklin did not live entirely without food, but found considerable support from the Umbilicaria that he gathered from the rocks. You will excuse my taking this opportunity of congratulating you, as I do still more heartily the country upon your appointment to the Dean of Westminster. This will bring you and me within 5 hours of each other and I trust I shall often have the pleasure of meeting you, and occasionally of receiving you and Mrs Buckland at this house. In the midst of the present distress Yarmouth has been surprisingly favoured. Our merchants have just concluded the most prosperous fishing known in the memory of man. They tell me too that herrings are [?] good, to which verdict I shall be glad if you can [?] in that hope. I took the liberty of [?] a small cask of them to you yesterday. Sir Joseph Banks sent to tell me he got none equally good as those I sent him, to find you repeat the same will be a great pleasure to my dear Sir
Ever most truly with the greatest
esteemed regards
[?] Turner

NZSL/BUC/2/5 · Item · 9 Apr 1870
Part of Non-ZSL Collections

Salmon Fisheries Office
4 Old Palace Yard
Westminster S.W.

April 9 1870

Your Royal Highness

I must apologise for not having written to you before. I published a chapter on 'Gapes in Pheasants' in 'Land & Water' but we can not find it. I enclose you Mr. Bartlett's note to me on the subject which I think contains the information you require.
I have got Bartlett to write me an article on Water Fowl especially for Your Royal Highness's benefit. It is published in 'Land & Water' to-day and I trust will be of service to you. I have ordered the numbers of 'Land & Water' about the Hudson Bay furs to be sent to you

I remain
Yours most obedient

Frank Buckland

Buckland, Francis Trevelyan
NZSL/BUC/2/10 · Item · 17 Jan 1873
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Salmon Fisheries Office
4 Old Palace Yard
Westminster S.W.

Friday
Jan 17 1873

Your Royal Highness

I have made an anatomical examination of your pheasant and have reported on it in 'Land & Water' tomorrow Jan 18th. I will come to Windsor if your R.H. wishes any day, week if you will kindly give me notice. I have just received a basket with four pheasants allow me to thank you very much indeed for your great kindness

Yours most
obliged

Frank Buckland

I am going tomorrow with the Captain of an Arctic Whaling Ship to the Board of trade see if we can not get a treaty made between Norway, Denmark and England to prevent the fearful destruction of young Seals in March

Buckland, Francis Trevelyan
NZSL/BUC/2/21 · Item · 27 Nov 1876
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Secretary of State and Home Department

Nov 27 1876

Your Royal Highness

I have taken the liberty of sending you some green Bearded Oysters grown by my friends the Messrs Wiseman of Paglesham, Rochford, Essex. These are the green Beards about which I wrote in 'The Times'

The green of the Beard is derived from the [sporales?] of the 'silkweed' a sample of which is enclosed. The Messrs Wiseman and myself wish to introduce them to the London Market. I think you will find them very good. I regret much that I was not able to attend Your Highness' commands at the Fish Museum I was away on duty enquiring into 'Crabs and Lobsters'
Your most
obedient
Frank Buckland

Buckland, Francis Trevelyan
NZSL/BUC/2/34 · Item · 26 Feb [187-]
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4 Old Palace Yard
Westminster

Feb 26 [187-]

Your Royal Highness

I beg to enclose you a note from Mr. Lee
The great sale of furs from Hudson's Bay Company will shortly take place and both Mr Lee and myself fancy that Your Royal Highness and perhaps also the Princess would like to examine these furs so I make bold to let you know that the sale will soon come on. I am much pleased to hear that you and the Princess approved of the young fish. The eggs that we took have now got young fish in them. A great triumph

Yours most Obedient

Frank Buckland

Buckland, Francis Trevelyan
NZSL/BUC/2/38 · Item · 19 Apr [187-]
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37 Albany St
Regents Park
N.W.
April 19 [187-]

Your Royal Highness

I have been working away at the Fox and now send report. What I should like best would be for Morris to come up here any morning next week. As I find the skin etc. is not in a fit state to travel. If Morris will come please let me know and I will be ready for him. I should much like a consultation with him.

Yours most
obedient

Frank Buckland

Buckland, Francis Trevelyan
NZSL/BUC/2/47 · Item · 30 Nov [187-]
Part of Non-ZSL Collections

Atheneum Club Pall Mall

Nov 30 187-
7.30pm

Your Royal Highness

My Page Boy has just brought your telegram. You are most kind the Hedgehogs will be most acceptable.
I am writing about them in a new edition of White's Selbourne. I expect they were discovered when hybernating any particulars will be acceptable.

Yours most obliged

Frank Buckland

I want to see how many spines a hedgehog has I shall make one into a pie and boils his skin and count the spines. So much obliged.
I shall see if the hedgehogs will agree with my Monkeys I have four now.
Please send them to 37 Albany St.

Buckland, Francis Trevelyan