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Redhill Obsesrvatory . Reigate
1858 . Feb 7. 2
Dear Sir
I feel that I have been very negligent in not acknowledging before the receipt of two interesting letters from you during the last year; but until lately I have been very closely occupied and ufu with which hardly allund of my extending my correspondence. The helrig that our friend Admiral Trammeau was still a correspondent of yours allured me also to hope that I might for a time defer writing to you. The contents of your letters were duly communicated to our Society, which highly appreciates your favours. I