Letter from Phillip [sic] P. King (Dunheved, New South Wales) to E.F. Bennett, Secretary (Zoological Society of London), 1835-03-17

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Re notes for description of rodents and their habitats in South America, part of the collection he presented to the Society; King refers to specimens collected by Charles Darwin on the Beagle being sent to Cambridge, and the letter concludes 'And now my Dr Sir with many thanks for your kindness in looking over my novelties before the Beagle's return places them altogether on the Shelf of useless lumber…'.

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