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Salmon Fisheries Office
4 Old Palace Yard
Westminster S.W

July 19 [187-]

Your Royal Highness

I am afraid I shall not be able to meet you at the Zoological tomorrow morning as I must go to Brighton to help them on to get the Aquarium opened on the 27th. When at the Duke of Northumberland's fishing trap on the [?] last Tuesday I [saw?] the fish you have received swimming about alive and I asked the conservators to send him to you. I am glad you got him all right. At page 8 of the report sent herewith you will see what is going on in the [?] whence came your trout. If you see the Duke of Northumberland please talk to him about it.

Yours most
obedient and obliged

Frank Buckland

37 Albany St
Regents Park N.W.

July 26 [187-]

Your Royal Highness

I have this moment received the enclosed from my friend Mr Walker the Photographer. I thought you would like to see them kindly return them to me. H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh most kindly came to the Fish Museum with the Duchess. I am Tremendously pleased, particularly as he brought H.R.H. the Duchess. I wrote the 'Wild Animal Market' in to-day's paper to amuse H.R.H. That vulgar article in to-day's L & W about the Scorpion [fight?] was put in by the [?] editor quite against my wishes

Yours most obliged

Frank Buckland

Secretary of State and Home Department

Wednesday
August 6 [187-]

Your Royal Highness
I shall have the greatest pleasure in meeting you at my Museum tomorrow Thursday at a time appointed

Yours obliged

Frank Buckland

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

37 Albany St

Wed Oct. 31 187-

Your Royal Highness

I am indeed most obliged to Your Royal Highness for your great kindness in sending me up the magnificent Pike which the Fishman has brought with the greatest care. I have made two models of this splendid fish (one I will beg leave to present (when cast) to Your Royal Highness to put in the Hall at Cumberland Lodge. I will get Mr. Rolfe to pain the cast for you, the other cast I propose to place in my Museum as presented by you. The fish himself, I will get stuffed. It has indeed been a treat to cast such a beauty and I am most obliged.

Salmon Fisheries Office
4 Old Palace Yard
Westminster SW

Nov. 25 [187-]

Your Royal Highness

I called upon Mr Gould last night. He will be very pleased to show you his Humming birds tomorrow Friday as you have been good enough to appoint.
I told Gould you would call between 12 and 1.
His address is
26 Charlotte St
(corner of Great Russell St) British Museum

Yours most obedient

Frank Buckland

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

Nov 27 [187-]

Your Royal Highness

I am exceedingly obliged to you for your very kind letter which I have forwarded to my sister. She will I am sure be highly delighted with it. If you would kindly allow it the [?] shall be left till Monday on the chance of Her Majesty the Queen wishing the inspect it. Again thanking you much

Your most obliged

Frank Buckland

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.

Secretary of State and Home Department

Dec 21 [187-]

37 Albany St
Regents Park

Your Royal Highness

I send an advanced proof of Land & Water which I think will interest you.

Thanking you for all kindness

Yours obliged

Frank Buckland

I am very busy getting ready to collect Salmon eggs for New Zealand the Ship goes Jan 21
I want 50,000 eggs but shall have to work very hard with the nets to get the spawning fish. Please read my 'Exhibitions outside the [Cattle?] Show' tomorrows Land & Water

Secretary of State and Home Department

There is a Whale off
Tenby. I wish you
would go and shoot him

Dec 22 [187-]

Your Royal Highness

I am indeed most obliged to you for a splendid haunch of Venison. I has subscribed to a 'goose club' for Christmas but now your Venison will take the goose's place. I thought of you yesterday at Leadenhall Market such a show of poultry the largest Turkey was 30 lbs an old Cock very tough I should think he brought seven guineas, There was also a wild Swan and one (Capercaelyie) but he was not fresh. You said you would like one, shall I send you one. Splendid birds but I expect all poached. Most of the geese I saw come from Iceland/Ireland. There was a lovely Snowly Owl 5£ and several Common Owls also a wild Swan. I finished my evening on Crab experiments. I want to stop them putting Crabs into cold water and boiling them alive.

Again thanking you
very much
Yours most obliged
Frank Buckland

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

I have spoken to [Sleene/Keene?] about the live fish for Southport [Sleene/Keene?] says if you will kindly give the order he thinks he will be able to obtain the fish - and should you kindly allow it assist in their transport to Southport.
I beg to enclose you my account of Southport Aquarium that you may gave an idea of what sort of place it is.

Again thanking
Your Royal Highness very much
I remain
Yours most obliged

Frank Buckland